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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of a "modern" song that the narrator listens to?
(a) "I Need You."
(b) "Science is Sexy."
(c) "Pythagoras' Trousers."
(d) "Unrequited Love."

2. What is the name of the newspaper that the narrator refers to in the first lines of the novel?
(a) The One State Gazette.
(b) The Enquirer.
(c) The One State Star.
(d) The New York Times.

3. What term does the narrator use to describe life as we currently know it?
(a) Civilized.
(b) Rational.
(c) Modern.
(d) Savage.

4. To whom does I-330 refer as her "constant admirer?"
(a) D-503.
(b) S-4711.
(c) The Benefactor.
(d) R-13.

5. What does I-330 wear when she is at the Ancient House with D-503?
(a) A red hat.
(b) A yellow dress.
(c) A negligee.
(d) Tennis shoes.

6. Instead of names, what are the characters in "We" called by?
(a) Their titles.
(b) Nicknames.
(c) Numbers.
(d) Their birthdays.

7. What auditorium does I-330 tell D-503 to go to when he first speaks to her on the street?
(a) Number 112.
(b) Broadway Theatre.
(c) Number Two.
(d) The one on Fifth Avenue.

8. What do the citizens of the One State call their uniforms?
(a) Threads.
(b) Gear.
(c) Smocks.
(d) Unifs.

9. At what time must D-503 be at the lecture after leaving the Ancient House for the first time?
(a) 22:00.
(b) 12:00.
(c) 17:00.
(d) 5:00.

10. What color are the walls of the Ancient House?
(a) Dark red.
(b) Faded blue.
(c) Pink.
(d) Yellow.

11. What emotion does D-503 experience for the first time when he visits I-330 in her room and she mentions S-4711?
(a) Pity.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Joy.

12. What season is it when the novel begins?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

13. What gift does R-13 bring to D-503?
(a) His latest writings.
(b) A cheesecake.
(c) A bottle of wine.
(d) A spray of flowers.

14. What is the Integral?
(a) A space ship.
(b) A boat.
(c) A time machine.
(d) A car.

15. What does O-90 bring to D-503 from the Botanical Museum?
(a) Compost.
(b) Lilies of the valley.
(c) Roses.
(d) Daisies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of one of the "famous mathematical couplets" of the One State?

2. What does D-503 drop on the ground when he is rushing home from I-330's room?

3. What is the name of the standards a woman must meet before being able to bear children?

4. What pronoun does D-503 use to describe himself after starting a "relationship" with I-330?

5. Who does the narrator describe as "pink?"

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