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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the horses said to feel about their participation in the event of Omelas?
(a) Reluctant.
(b) Apathetic.
(c) Excited.
(d) Patient.

2. LeGuin states that she cannot "suit" (3) whom when describing her version of a utopia?
(a) Every reader.
(b) Us all.
(c) All of humankind.
(d) You all.

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

4. What is the sole piece of gear or accoutrement worn by the horses of Omelas?
(a) Lengths of ribbon.
(b) A bit with a halter.
(c) A halter without a bit.
(d) A saddle.

5. The mountains that can be seen from Omelas are called what number "Peaks" (1)?
(a) 21.
(b) 9.
(c) 18.
(d) 36.

Short Answer Questions

1. LeGuin insists that she does not want Omelas to resemble a what?

2. What verb is used to describe the movement of the horses of Omelas?

3. The sound of the bells is described in what way?

4. What event is said to cause the birds to start taking a particular action in the first line of the story?

5. LeGuin states that modern society only considers what element of life to be "interesting" (3)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the bells symbolize within the celebration of the Festival of Summer?

2. What evidence is present to suggest that there is gender equality in Omelas?

3. Describe an instance when the narrator directly engages with the reader of the story.

4. What types of elements are not found within Omelas, according to the narrator?

5. LeGuin laments the tendency for modern society to consider evil and pain in what way?

6. What adjectives does the narrator use to describe the people of Omelas, before adding that their "lives are not wretched" (3)?

7. After the narrator states that Omelas sounds "like a city in a fairy tale," (3) what action does she suggest the reader take?

8. What purpose does LeGuin have for involving the reader in the creation of Omelas?

9. The narrator states, "One thing I know there is none of in Omelas is" (3) what, alongside her discussion of orgies?

10. What is the first question asked within Paragraph 2 and how does it contrast with the story so far?

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