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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The people of Omelas are said not to "keep" (3) what?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Mixed company.
(c) Promises.
(d) Farm animals.

2. LeGuin supposes that the people of Omelas have what number of rules and laws?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Singularly few.
(d) A maximum of ten.

3. What event is said to cause the birds to start taking a particular action in the first line of the story?
(a) The clamor of the ocean.
(b) The clamor of bells.
(c) The clamor of the train.
(d) The clamor of the crowd.

4. LeGuin uses what adjective to describe the hypothetical absence of intoxicants within Omelas?
(a) Unwise.
(b) Puritanical.
(c) Outdated.
(d) Unrealistic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When LeGuin mentions several inventions that have yet to be created, what is NOT an object she mentions?

2. Omelas is located nearby what natural feature?

3. The first line of the story names what species of bird?

4. The children in Omelas are described in what way when they are first mentioned?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first question asked within Paragraph 2 and how does it contrast with the story so far?

2. LeGuin laments the tendency for modern society to consider evil and pain in what way?

3. How is the weather described on the day of the Festival of Summer and what is its significance?

4. After the narrator states that Omelas sounds "like a city in a fairy tale," (3) what action does she suggest the reader take?

5. LeGuin sees what kind of danger in modern society's method of perceiving evil?

6. What is LeGuin's purpose in describing the horses' minimal gear?

7. What elements of technology does the narrator mention existing within her picture of Omelas?

8. The narrator states, "One thing I know there is none of in Omelas is" (3) what, alongside her discussion of orgies?

9. What purpose does LeGuin have for involving the reader in the creation of Omelas?

10. The narrator at one point worries that what elements of her portrait of Omelas will make it seem too "goody-goody" (3) for the reader?

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