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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. People who view the scapegoat child feel what emotion that they had assumed they were immune to?
2. The scapegoat child promises to take what action if it is released?
3. How many paces wide is the dwelling of the scapegoat child?
4. In what manner does the child playing the instrument take his next action after he stops playing?
5. How many paces long is the dwelling of the scapegoat child?
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. LeGuin provides what sort of time marker within the beginning of Paragraph 4?
3. How is the truth about the scapegoat child revealed to young members of Omelas society?
4. Describe the woman who hands out flowers during the festival.
5. In what way does LeGuin magnify the role of the child musician within Omelas?
6. Describe the riders' interactions with their horses before the Festival of Summer race.
7. Describe the child who plays a musical instrument within Omelas.
8. How does LeGuin acknowledge that her story of Omelas sounds too good to be true before she reveals Omelas's one moral failing?
9. On what types of food does the scapegoat child survive?
10. How is food used to indicate the satisfaction of Omelas's citizens?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What criteria does LeGuin use to determine what elements of modern society could be allowed in a true utopia?
Essay Topic 2
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within LeGuin’s story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
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