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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 does the nursery create scenes?

2. What is forgotten, and then quickly produced, at the dinner table?

3. What is the husband’s name?

4. What have Peter and Wendy had for dinner at the carnival?

5. What does the nursery transform into as George and Lydia are inspecting it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does George find of his in the corner where the lions where feeding?

2. Before the African veldt, what did the children conjure in the nursery?

3. In the past, what has David McClean noticed about the nursery?

4. How does the house take care of them?

5. Explain the following quote: “Now we’re really going to start living. Instead of being handled and massaged, we’re going to live.”

6. George threatens to turn the entire house off for a month, how does Peter react?

7. Why does Lydia want George to lock up the nursery?

8. What does Lydia believe the lions have just been doing? How does she know this?

9. Why does George cave and turn the nursery on for just “one more minute”?

10. What does Dr. McClean suggest that George do to the nursery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bradbury’s work is commentary on his prediction of society projected forward from 1950.

Based on the central conflict of man versus machine and loss of human connection, describe the values of this society. Why must they live in a Happylife home? Why do George and Lydia believe that nothing is good enough for their children? What is suggested by the fact that they take sedatives to go to sleep at night?

Essay Topic 2

When Lydia first notices that something is not quite right about the nursery, she wants to call a psychologist. What function do psychologists have in this society?

Why does Lydia feel it is necessary to call a psychologist for the nursery? How are the profession and the machine connected? What will the psychologist analyze? What information can be gained? What is David McClean’s reaction to the nursery? How does he represent the voice of reason?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss what you think are the characteristics of a successful novel or story and why The Veldt is or is not successful based on your criteria. Do you think the criteria for a successful story should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults?

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