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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 does the doctor prescribe D-503 for his illness?

2. When S-4711 finds D-503 is out in the street at "seventeen," where does S-4711 take him?

3. What facial feature of R-13's does D-503 describe as "Negroid?"

4. Which of these things is not present in D-503's dreams when he has them for the first time?

5. How long does a citizen have to report a crime to the Guardians?

Short Essay Questions

1. What criminal activities does I-330 partake in when D-503 visits her room for the first time?

2. How does the narrator describe the character called I-330?

3. What does the narrator mean when he refers to his "shaggy self?"

4. What is the Gas Bell?

5. Why is the Integral being built?

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

7. Why does O-90 rush out of D-503's room?

8. How are members of the One State identified?

9. What is the nature of D-503's illness, according to the doctor at the Medical Office?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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, argue, or defend the notion that "We" is a dystopian novel or a work of science fiction. Can it be both? What elements clearly place it in either category (or both)? Is it just a far-fetched story, or is there an underlying lesson?

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