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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 do George and Lydia notice about the screams?
2. What form of writing is The Veldt?
3. Who does the wife want the husband to call, and for what reason?
4. Why do the parents think the children have been acting funny?
5. What is “busy humming it to itself” in the opening paragraphs?
Short Essay Questions
1. George says that his children treat him as if he were the offspring. Provide examples of this sentiment from the text.
2. Explain how the nursery reflects the children’s psyches.
3. How do Wendy and Peter tell their parents that they will be late for dinner?
4. Lydia says about the nursery: “It’s supposed to help them work off their neuroses in a healthful way.” What does this mean? Has it worked?
5. How long does he think the children have been conjuring Africa? What had he noticed, but not paid attention to?
6. Explain the following quote: “And again George Hadley was filled with admiration for the mechanical genius who had conceived this room. A miracle of efficiency selling for an absurdly low price. Every home should have one.”
7. Where do George and Lydia realize they’ve heard the screams before?
8. Why is George hesitant to lock up the nursery? What does he fear?
9. What does George find of his in the corner where the lions where feeding?
10. What does Lydia notice about George as well?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Both George and Lydia doubt themselves as parents throughout the short story.
Discuss three incidences in The Veldt where either George or Lydia seems unsure in their parenting decision. What is the result of this insecurity? Use examples from the text to illustrate the incidences.
Essay Topic 2
When Lydia first notices that something is not quite right about the nursery, she wants to call a psychologist. What function do psychologists have in this society?
Why does Lydia feel it is necessary to call a psychologist for the nursery? How are the profession and the machine connected? What will the psychologist analyze? What information can be gained? What is David McClean’s reaction to the nursery? How does he represent the voice of reason?
Essay Topic 3
Bradbury uses the names Peter and Wendy as an allusion to the characters in the story of Peter Pan.
What is suggested by Bradbury’s use of the names? How are similar and dissimilar to the characters of Peter Pan are they? Is Bradbury being ironic? If so, how?
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