View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. LeGuin names one thing that is absolutely not present in Omelas, saying she is "sure" (3). What is it?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Rage.
(c) Injustice.
(d) Murder.

2. The processions described by the narrator all move toward what part of Omelas?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) East.

3. In what season does the event described at the start of the story take place?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

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

5. 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 artist.
(b) The doctor.
(c) The philosopher.
(d) The scholar.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The people of Omelas are not what kind of "folk" (3) according to LeGuin?

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

5. The calls of the children are described by using what adjective?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 970 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample