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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 second question asked in Paragraph 2 focuses on what subject?
(a) The identity of the prisoner.
(b) The citizens of Omelas.
(c) The nature of despair.
(d) The purpose of the race.

2. LeGuin states that the most important aspect of the hypothetical drug chosen for Omelas is that it must not be what?
(a) Expensive to produce.
(b) Expensive to purchase.
(c) Habit-forming.
(d) Exploitative to produce.

3. The children in Omelas are described in what way when they are first mentioned?
(a) Carefree.
(b) Mature.
(c) Happy.
(d) Melancholy.

4. LeGuin states that she has what goal in relation to the reader?
(a) To transform.
(b) To convince.
(c) To influence.
(d) To question.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The subtitle of the story "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" is "Variations on a theme by" whom?

2. The people exercising the horses on the Green Fields are said to have "long, lithe" (1) what?

3. What particular aspect of consumer culture LeGuin say Omelas lacks?

4. The people of Omelas are said to lack what type of leader?

5. The flavor and scent of the drug present within Omelas is described using what term?

Short Essay Questions

1. What types of elements are not found within Omelas, according to the narrator?

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

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

4. What tone does LeGuin display when saying that Omelas sounds like a fairy tale?

5. What is ironic about the way in which horses are treated in Omelas?

6. How do the processions that include Omelas's livelier residents differ from other processions?

7. Describe a point at which the narrator suggests that the reader give their own input into the vision of Omelas.

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

9. What adjectives does the narrator use to describe the people of Omelas, before adding that their "lives are not wretched" (3)?

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

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