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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 postponed due to the Operation?

2. What does D-503 consider the only right of any citizen of the One State?

3. What does D-503 say to his readers as he leaves his room for the Integral's test flight?

4. With whom does D-503 want to attend the Day of Unanimity?

5. Who does D-503 arrange to have taken beyond the Wall to avoid the Operation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when O-90 shows up unannounced at D-503's room?

4. Who are the naked, hairy people beyond the Wall?

5. What happens during the first firing of the Integral's engines?

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

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

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

9. What is the consequence for refusing the Operation?

10. What is the Day of Unanimity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is happiness, according to different characters? How is it related to desire, freedom, etc.? Discuss in detail how each character attempts to obtain and/or explain happiness.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How does the format in which "We" is written enhance the story? Do we learn more about the events and/or characters through the journal format? How?

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