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

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

3. The first question asked in Paragraph 2 focuses on what subject?
(a) The purpose of the race.
(b) The crime committed by the prisoner.
(c) The citizens of Omelas.
(d) The nature of joy.

4. The calls of the children are described by using what adjective?
(a) High.
(b) Joyous.
(c) Excited.
(d) Plaintive.

5. The flavor and scent of the drug present within Omelas is described using what term?
(a) Pure.
(b) Sweet.
(c) Sour.
(d) Clean.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. LeGuin states that she has what goal in relation to the reader?

3. What is NOT a color used to decorate the horses of Omelas?

4. Omelas is described in the first paragraph as being "bright-" what?

5. LeGuin names one thing that is absolutely not present in Omelas, saying she is "sure" (3). What is it?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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