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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. How long does a citizen have to report a crime to the Guardians?

2. What do the citizens of the One State use pink coupons for?

3. What feature does the narrator initially notice about I-330?

4. What does I-330 call the old woman at the Ancient House?

5. According to the narrator, the citizens of the One State have become as _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What task has R-13 been given for the sentencing of the criminal?

2. How are members of the One State identified?

3. Why does O-90 rush out of D-503's room?

4. How does D-503 claim to feel about I-330 during their initial encounters?

5. What is written in the first letter that D-503 receives?

6. What does D-503 consider it his duty to do in writing "We"?

7. What is the fate of the criminal whose sentencing the whole One State attends?

8. What does D-503 realize that his writings for the Integral have become?

9. What is the Ancient House?

10. Why is the Integral being built?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Benefactor as a God-like character. Who perceives him this way? What evidence of exaltation do we see in the text and the plot? Does he have a God complex about himself?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the presence of two distinct "selves" within the narrator. What circumstances contribute to this division? What conflicting traits exist in him?

Essay Topic 3

Explain, argue, or defend the notion that "We" is a dystopian novel or a work of science fiction. Can it be both? What elements clearly place it in either category (or both)? Is it just a far-fetched story, or is there an underlying lesson?

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