Dystopian Literature Quiz 4 (60 MCQs)

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1. Based on the number of handicaps Harrisonwears, you can conclude he is .....
2. Read the sentence, and then select the correct meaning from the four choices. Relish "lions clustered at a distance, eating with great relish whatever it was they had caught."
3. This definition describes what element: "It's often restricted and the truth is kept a secret. Only certain individuals are granted access to it."
4. Janice struggles to decide whether to keep going forward with the mission, or go back and save her friends.Is this a personal, external, or systemic obstacle?
5. The main philosopher behind utilitarianism was .....
6. Dystopian literature usually has to do with what time frame?
7. What genre do we often see a dystopia in?
8. A character that reoccurs in many types of stories
9. "the bad guy" , the adversary of "the good guy" . In Dystopian novels, it might be control by a government, a corporation, technology or religion/philosophical beliefs
10. Which is a characteristic of dystopian societies?
11. What does the dance with the ballerina at the end symbolize?
12. There is often a figure or person who is worshipped or idolized. It is possible that no one has ever seen this figurehead or they are seen consistently on a regular basis.
13. All of the following control a dystopian society except:
14. Where did Jonas and Gabe try to find in the end of The Giver?
15. In a dystopian society, the government seeks to ..... its citizens.
16. Leonard is arrested by the police for going for a walk, because walking isn't common and it is seen as weird and "regressive. "Is this a personal, external, or systemic obstacle?
17. Which dystopia control is in a story where citizens have been usurped by robots?
18. Which of these is the BEST example of someone submitting to power?
19. Which dystopia control is in a story where citizens make decisions based on a dictator's authority?
20. What year did Lois Lowry get married?
21. Why do ballerinas wear masks?
22. The title of the novel is taken from Shakespeare's .....
23. In Animal Farm, Sugarcandy mountain seems to symbolize which of the following
24. Which of the following is most likely to be present in an exclusively dystopian society?
25. Who is the Handicapper General?
26. "the good guy" who feels trapped, questions the situation, struggles to escape, and helps the reader to see/feel the negative aspects of the Dystopian world.
27. Ivan Pavlov is famous for his "conditioning" experiments done with .....
28. Kindred is arguing with Jennifer about how to handle a situation.Is this a personal, external, or systemic obstacle?
29. Which of these is not how the story of the anti-hero ends?
30. If you read a story with an omniscient narrator, which word below would best describe this type of narrator?
31. Hedwig in Harry Potter is an example of what type of archetype?
32. The term dystopia became popular because
33. A Dystopia is a what?
34. An external obstacle is .....
35. Which character archetype best describes Harrison, from the dystopian short story, Harrison Bergeron?
36. What was the first dystopian novel?
37. When does this story take place?
38. What problems are avoided when people conform in dystopian literature?
39. Huxley experienced Fascism firsthand by living in .....
40. "Utopia" was written by ..... in the 1500s.
41. Utilitarianism states that there is ..... good in providing maximum mutual pleasure.
42. The antonym for Dystopia is:
43. What is Mr. Crowe's favorite dystopian novel?
44. Huxley's "Brave New World" was strongly influenced by the time he spent working in a ..... factory.
45. What kind of figurative language is used in this sentence:"Children are carpets, they should be stepped on every now and again"
46. What is a part of Economic Dystopia?
47. All of the following are guiding principles for Utopian societies except .....
48. Everyone is the same, in actions and how they are treated in a Dystopian world. People are expected to behave the same, and follow orders, without having individual thoughts or ideas.
49. Society usually does what to its citizens?
50. A systemic obstacle is .....
51. This is when the hero changes himself and leads a new life
52. A sign was sent and summoned a hero to undertake a special journey
53. What are different types of propaganda that a government might use to keep control of its citizens?
54. The programming on the television is mindless, loud, violent, and shallow.
55. What motif largely appears within "The Veldt" ?
56. Where do the police take the main character in The Pedestrian?
57. In The Hunger Games, citizens are forced into a game where they have to kill one another in order to survive. This is an example of which characteristic of a dystopian society?
58. What current society reminds us of a dystopia?
59. Dystopias are usually set in the .....
60. In a dystopian society, people are afraid of .....