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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. Where does the family plan on going for vacation?

2. Who comes home late smelling like ozone?

3. How do they get to their bedrooms?

4. What is found on the floor of the nursery?

5. How do the children tell their parents that they won’t be home for dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the nursery conjures the African veldt.

2. Where are George and Lydia Hadley?

3. How does Peter threaten his father?

4. How does Lydia propose to change her feelings of worthlessness?

5. Explain the following quote: “Now we’re really going to start living. Instead of being handled and massaged, we’re going to live.”

6. Why do George and Lydia suppose that they cannot change the nursery?

7. Describe the nursery. Why is it a special room? What are the dimensions?

8. Why hadn’t George paid any attention to the situation before?

9. What does David McClean find on the floor of the nursery?

10. How do Peter and Wendy trick George and Lydia into the nursery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the final scene in The Veldt. David McClean walks into the nursery where the children are sitting having a picnic lunch watching the lions feed.

What are the lions eating? Why is their behavior disturbing? What is significant about Wendy offering Dr.McClean a cup of tea? What does their behavior suggest about this society, or future society?

Essay Topic 2

Lydia mentions that she feels that she has too much time and too little to do, and that she thinks too much. What is her antidote to her dilemma?

Why is George surprised by what she wants to do? What observations has she noticed about him? And what does she think it suggests?

Essay Topic 3

Bradbury’s work is commentary on his prediction of society projected forward from 1950.

Based on the central conflict of man versus machine and loss of human connection, describe the values of this society. Why must they live in a Happylife home? Why do George and Lydia believe that nothing is good enough for their children? What is suggested by the fact that they take sedatives to go to sleep at night?

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