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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What aspect of war does LeGuin say Omelas lacks?
(a) The cannon.
(b) The bomb.
(c) The rifle.
(d) The tank.

2. The sky on the day described in Paragraph 1 is said to be what color?
(a) Dark blue.
(b) Deep blue.
(c) Light blue.
(d) Periwinkle.

3. LeGuin states that which two adjectives are helpful to define when deciding what elements to include within Omelas?
(a) Exploitative and consumptive.
(b) Necessary and destructive.
(c) Cold and logical.
(d) Cruel and unusual.

4. The people of Omelas are said to lack what type of leader?
(a) A magistrate.
(b) A king.
(c) A mayor.
(d) A public steward.

5. What two groups are said to encourage the bad habit named by LeGuin in Paragraph 3?
(a) Scholars and rakes.
(b) Pedants and sophisticates.
(c) Priests and poets.
(d) Clergy and philosophers.

6. What sort of event is taking place in Omelas when the narrative begins?
(a) A concert.
(b) A festival.
(c) A public execution.
(d) A carnival.

7. What aspect of economics does LeGuin say Omelas lacks?
(a) Bankruptcies.
(b) The free market.
(c) A tax structure.
(d) The stock exchange.

8. What two modes of transportation does LeGuin imagine the people of Omelas using in order to reach the Festival of Summer?
(a) Boats and helicopters.
(b) People-movers and escalators.
(c) Bicycles and trains.
(d) Trains and trams.

9. Ursula K. LeGuin's inspiration for the name Omelas came from what source?
(a) A dictionary.
(b) A session of freewriting.
(c) A street sign.
(d) A dream.

10. What two instruments are named when the narrator describes the livelier processions in Omelas?
(a) Tambourines and gongs.
(b) Violins and cellos.
(c) Cymbals and fiddles.
(d) Drums and tambourines.

11. LeGuin does NOT use what adjective to describe the adults of Omelas?
(a) Compassionate.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Mature.
(d) Passionate.

12. What term does LeGuin use to characterize objects such as "cars or helicopters" (3)?
(a) Technology.
(b) Efficiency.
(c) Aesthetics.
(d) Transportation.

13. LeGuin says in Paragraph 3 that modern society has the bad habit of considering happiness as what kind of emotion?
(a) Rare.
(b) Superficial.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Fleeting.

14. The people exercising the horses have what substance all over parts of their bodies?
(a) Dust.
(b) Water.
(c) Mud.
(d) Hair.

15. LeGuin says that it "is the treason of" (3) whom to refuse to admit "the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain" (3)?
(a) The scholar.
(b) The philosopher.
(c) The doctor.
(d) The artist.

Short Answer Questions

1. The processions described by the narrator all move toward what part of Omelas?

2. The first question asked in Paragraph 2 focuses on what subject?

3. What sort of clothing is worn by the people who exercise the horses?

4. LeGuin asserts that the people of Omelas are not what kind of human ancestors?

5. LeGuin states that she cannot "suit" (3) whom when describing her version of a utopia?

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