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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What word is used to indicate the horses' communication with one another?
2. The first line of the story names what species of bird?
3. LeGuin says in Paragraph 3 that modern society has the bad habit of considering happiness as what kind of emotion?
4. The people of Omelas are not what kind of "folk" (3) according to LeGuin?
5. The people of Omelas are said not to "keep" (3) what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What types of elements are not found within Omelas, according to the narrator?
2. What purpose does LeGuin have for involving the reader in the creation of Omelas?
3. What evidence is given for the conclusion that people in Omelas do indeed have different identities?
4. 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?
5. How do the processions that include Omelas's livelier residents differ from other processions?
6. LeGuin laments the tendency for modern society to consider evil and pain in what way?
7. After the narrator states that Omelas sounds "like a city in a fairy tale," (3) what action does she suggest the reader take?
8. What do the bells symbolize within the celebration of the Festival of Summer?
9. Describe a point at which the narrator suggests that the reader give their own input into the vision of Omelas.
10. The narrator states, "One thing I know there is none of in Omelas is" (3) what, alongside her discussion of orgies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does LeGuin define technology and how does the topic intersect with the goals of the story?
Essay Topic 2
What message does LeGuin send within the pages of "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" concerning the link between guilt and responsibility?
Essay Topic 3
Explicate the theme of guilt within "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." What is LeGuin’s message regarding guilt and how do you know?
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