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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 are people talking about instead of the strife in the One State?

2. According to U-, "love must be _________."

3. What does U- claim is her duty to D-503?

4. I-330 asks D-503 why he thinks human ____________ is so bad.

5. Who treats D-503 like a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does I-330 say about the "last" number?

10. What does D-503 think that his readers truly believe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Is each character essential to the story? Discuss the role of background characters like U- and O-90, and other characters who could be considered flat or round.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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