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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. What is the number of the man who D-503 almost tells about I-330's "criminal" behavior?

2. What is the schedule that regulates each person's daily events called?

3. What color is the liqueur that I-330 drinks?

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

5. Besides D-503, who else is O-90 "registered to" for sexual time?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does D-503 realize, for the first time, that he is jealous of other men with I-330?

2. What is the narrator's purpose for writing the narrative that makes up "We"?

3. What task has R-13 been given for the sentencing of the criminal?

4. With what concepts does D-503 associate the square root of -1?

5. What is the One State's perception of love?

6. What is the Gas Bell?

7. How does the narrator describe the men working on the construction of the Integral?

8. What is the fate of the criminal whose sentencing the whole One State attends?

9. What images does D-503 see when he dreams for the first time in his life?

10. What is written in the first letter that D-503 receives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way does D-503's interpretation of events and concepts seem skewed? What can be attributed to conditioning by the State, and what is all in his mind?

Essay Topic 2

Explain how all the characters in "We" are connected. Who is connected by choice? By duty? By passion? Who feels obligated to protect whom?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the process of revolution as D-503 sees it vs. I-330's opinions about revolution. How is revolution related to evolution in the story?

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