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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. How many people are said to experience happiness due to the misery of the scapegoat child?
2. What type of instrument is played by one particular child within Omelas?
3. The young men participating in the festival's main event are said to be what?
4. How many of the same frightening objects are usually present within the scapegoat child's dwelling?
5. The people who see the scapegoat child do NOT feel what emotion?
Short Essay Questions
1. What details are given about the scapegoat child's past?
2. How is the motif of pain depicted within Paragraph 8?
3. What details are given about the scapegoat child's present?
4. After LeGuin assumes that she knows the reader's answers to her four questions, she instructs the reader to allow her to take what action?
5. How is foreshadowing present within the horse riders' interactions with their horses?
6. LeGuin provides what sort of time marker within the beginning of Paragraph 4?
7. What is LeGuin's purpose for portraying the child who plays a musical instrument within the community of Omelas?
8. For what reason does LeGuin focus on the citizens' awareness of the scapegoat child's presence?
9. What is the "one more thing" (7) LeGuin shares about Omelas in Paragraph 8?
10. For what purpose does LeGuin include the motif of pain within Paragraph 8?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Argue that the story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" either is or is not a work of science fiction.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" and one of the story's main messages. How does LeGuin make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the story?
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