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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. Who says: “Nothing likes to die—even a room”?
2. When George and David enter the nursery, what are the lions doing?
3. What is the nursery a reflection of?
4. The following morning, what does Peter ask his father?
5. What trembles as if “something had jumped against it”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lydia believe the lions have just been doing? How does she know this?
2. How do Peter and Wendy trick George and Lydia into the nursery?
3. How do Wendy and Peter react when George asks them about Africa?
4. Describe the nursery. Why is it a special room? What are the dimensions?
5. Where are George and Lydia Hadley?
6. How does Lydia propose to change her feelings of worthlessness?
7. What does Lydia notice about George as well?
8. What does George hear just as he enters the nursery (for the second time in the story)?
9. How does Peter threaten his father?
10. Explain the following quote: “Now we’re really going to start living. Instead of being handled and massaged, we’re going to live.”
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in The Veldt. Trace and analyze one major theme of The Veldt. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action? Use examples from The Veldt to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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