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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 exercising the horses on the Green Fields are said to have "long, lithe" (1) what?
(a) Digits.
(b) Arms.
(c) Limbs.
(d) Legs.

2. LeGuin worries that all but which of the following elements of Omelas will cause the reader to consider it too "goody-goody" (3)?
(a) Parades.
(b) Bells.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Smiles.

3. What verb is used to describe the moving of the processions throughout Omelas?
(a) Marching.
(b) Creeping.
(c) Winding.
(d) Flowing.

4. LeGuin asserts that the people of Omelas are not what kind of human ancestors?
(a) Troglodytes.
(b) Barbarians.
(c) Apes.
(d) Neanderthals.

5. The man mentioned in the story's subtitle is a famous what?
(a) Poet.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Musician.
(d) Playwright.

Short Answer Questions

1. What element of Omelas does LeGuin describe as "magnificent" (3)?

2. How far away are the mountains that can be seen from Omelas?

3. What two instruments are named when the narrator describes the livelier processions in Omelas?

4. On what parts of their bodies do the horse-exercisers have a certain substance?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence is present to suggest that there is gender equality in Omelas?

2. Describe an instance when the narrator directly engages with the reader of the story.

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

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

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

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

7. What evidence is given for the conclusion that people in Omelas do indeed have different identities?

8. How is foreshadowing used within the story's description of the mountains in Paragraph 1?

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

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

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