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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraph 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What verb is used to describe the movement of the horses of Omelas?
(a) Pranced.
(b) Waited.
(c) Galloped.
(d) Trotted.

2. What aspect of law enforcement does LeGuin say Omelas lacks?
(a) Judges.
(b) Magistrates.
(c) Investigators.
(d) The secret police.

3. Which building in Omelas is named as the "handsomest" (3) in town?
(a) The cathedral.
(b) City Hall.
(c) The courthouse.
(d) The train station.

4. Omelas is described in the first paragraph as being "bright-" what?
(a) Clouded.
(b) Colored.
(c) Towered.
(d) Torn.

5. What aspect of war does LeGuin say Omelas lacks?
(a) The bomb.
(b) The cannon.
(c) The rifle.
(d) The tank.

Short Answer Questions

1. The people of Omelas are said to lack what type of leader?

2. What two modes of transportation does LeGuin imagine the people of Omelas using in order to reach the Festival of Summer?

3. LeGuin asserts that the people of Omelas are not what kind of human ancestors?

4. LeGuin says that it "is the treason of" (3) whom to refuse to admit "the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain" (3)?

5. What type of feature is the location called the "Green Fields" (1)?

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