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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. What type of feature is the location called the "Green Fields" (1)?
(a) A bed of moss.
(b) A swamp.
(c) A water-meadow.
(d) A corner of farmland.

2. The mountains that can be seen from Omelas are called what number "Peaks" (1)?
(a) 9.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 36.

3. LeGuin says that if it will help the reader like Omelas better, they should add what element?
(a) A justice system.
(b) An organized religion.
(c) An orgy.
(d) A drug.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What verb is used to describe the movement of the horses of Omelas?

2. LeGuin states that modern society considers only what element of life to be "intellectual" (3) in nature?

3. LeGuin worries that all but which of the following elements of Omelas will cause the reader to consider it too "goody-goody" (3)?

4. Who is said to be exercising horses on the Green Fields?

5. Ursula K. LeGuin's inspiration for the name Omelas came from what source?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What event is taking place at the start of the story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"?

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

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

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

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

8. What unique quality does the narrator name in regard to horses?

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

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

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