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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 Weston dream about the night after he watches the game?

2. What does Weston notice about the Ecotopian population as compared to the American population?

3. What does the Ecotopian legal system fail to prohibit?

4. What do most women use to control population growth in Ecotopia?

5. What does television serve in Ecotopia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Ecotopian lumber industry.

2. Describe the initial energy system that Ecotopia inherits.

3. Describe Weston's experience in the war game.

4. Describe the Ecotopian worker's relationship to his employer and business.

5. Describe the Ecotopian education system.

6. Describe William Weston at the beginning of the novel.

7. Describe Ecotopian television and its use.

8. Describe health insurance in Ecotopia.

9. What is Weston forced to conclude in the last section of the book?

10. Describe the Ecotopian research into biology and botany.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Callenbach has a very different approach to work and employment. He describes the worker in Ecotopia as a partner. Describe the worker in Ecotopia. Do you think this is realistic? What kinds of companies would such a worker-partnerships relationship be viable and in what kinds of companies would it not? What do you think of the Ecotopian view of mixing work and play and of having only a 20-hour workweek? Discuss and describe.

Essay Topic 2

Ecotopia is written primarily in the first-person point of view of Weston. Is this point of view more or less effective than telling the story from the third-persona and omniscient perspective? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Ecotopia is particularly effective in conveying meaning through powerful imagery. Powerful imagery to establish connections in the minds of readers with the story's characters and plot. Imagery is the picture we form in our minds of the story we read. It can involve: visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, kinetic, and kinesthetic imagery. The author uses these imagery to translate words into a visual story that we can see and participate in within our minds. Describe the use of imagery in this Utopian novel.

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