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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 child who plays the instrument in Omelas never does what in relation to his audience?
2. No one at the festival takes what action in response to the child who plays his instrument?
3. The young men and women are taking what action in Paragraph 4?
4. The young men participating in the festival's main event are said to be what?
5. What does the scapegoat child wear?
Short Essay Questions
1. What answer does LeGuin expect from the reader in answer to her four questions and why?
2. What details are given about the scapegoat child's present?
3. What details are given about the scapegoat child's past?
4. How does LeGuin acknowledge that her story of Omelas sounds too good to be true before she reveals Omelas's one moral failing?
5. How is foreshadowing present within the horse riders' interactions with their horses?
6. How does the scapegoat child's behavior change over time?
7. How is irony present within LeGuin's description of the losses that Omelas would experience if the scapegoat child were to be set free?
8. Describe the child who plays a musical instrument within Omelas.
9. How is the truth about the scapegoat child revealed to young members of Omelas society?
10. How is the motif of pain depicted within Paragraph 8?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how and why LeGuin instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas."
Essay Topic 2
Look carefully at the passages of "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" that describe in detail the living conditions of the scapegoat child. What is LeGuin’s purpose for discussing this particular setting at length?
Essay Topic 3
What is the function of the young flute-player's character within the story? Discuss the characterization methods used by LeGuin in depicting the flute-player and why she uses these particular techniques.
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