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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 Benefactor's voice compared to?

2. Whose picture is on the rock outside the Wall?

3. D-503 claims that happiness must be a "divine _____."

4. What will be the fate of those who refuse the Operation?

5. To what geometrical concept does D-503 compare happiness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What alarming event occurs at the Day of Unanimity ceremony?

2. What happens during the walk that D-503 relates to the time a meteorite fell into the marching rows of people?

3. According to the narrator, what is the only right a citizen has in the One State?

4. What does D-503 see in the streets the day after the Unanimity ceremony?

5. Why does work stop one day shortly after the Unanimity celebration?

6. What does U- do that causes D-503 to resent her?

7. Who are the people advertised as "the first?"

8. Who does D-503 see together at the ceremony that causes him to feel jealous?

9. How does D-503 describe U-?

10. What is D-503 to do at 12:00 sharp on the day that the Integral makes its test flight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss math as an underlying theme in the novel. What elements are geometric? What role does algebra play (i.e., what formulas/equations are presented?). How is problem-solution methodology applied?

Essay Topic 2

In what way is the society presented in "We" a primitive one? How is it a civilized one? Can it be both?

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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