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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. The woman passing out flowers is described as having what type of body?

2. What quality of the scapegoat's existence results in favorable effects for all other citizens?

3. What word is NOT used to describe the tune played by the child with the instrument?

4. What phrase or word involving time does LeGuin use in the first sentence of Paragraph 4?

5. In what location does the child sit as he plays his instrument in Omelas?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is irony present within LeGuin's description of the losses that Omelas would experience if the scapegoat child were to be set free?

2. What details are given about the scapegoat child's future?

3. Describe the child who plays a musical instrument within Omelas.

4. What elements of Omelas are dependent upon the scapegoat child's miserable position?

5. How does the scapegoat child's behavior change over time?

6. How is foreshadowing present within the horse riders' interactions with their horses?

7. How is the motif of pain depicted within Paragraph 8?

8. LeGuin provides what sort of time marker within the beginning of Paragraph 4?

9. For what purpose does LeGuin include the motif of pain within Paragraph 8?

10. What details are given about the scapegoat child's present?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the way in which LeGuin uses a formula involving necessity, destruction, and need to determine which elements can be part of her version of a utopia.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how and why LeGuin instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas."

Essay Topic 3

How is the topic of humanism treated within "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" and how does its treatment relate to the story's depicted messages?

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