This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Dystopian > Dystopian Literature – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dystopian Literature Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Based on the number of handicaps Harrisonwears, you can conclude he is ..... A) The same as everyone else. B) Dangerous to others in society. C) Above average in many ways. D) Glad he doesn't live at home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Above average in many ways. 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." A) Ferocity. B) Hunger. C) Hurry. D) Delight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Delight. 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." A) Figurehead. B) Propaganda. C) Information. D) Isolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Information. 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? A) Personal Obstacle. B) External Obstacle. C) Systemic Obstacle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personal Obstacle. 5. The main philosopher behind utilitarianism was ..... A) Jeremy Renner. B) Jeremy Corbyn. C) Jeremy Smith. D) Jeremy Bentham. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jeremy Bentham. 6. Dystopian literature usually has to do with what time frame? A) The past or future. B) The past or present. C) Any. D) The present or future. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The present or future. 7. What genre do we often see a dystopia in? A) Narrative Nonfiction. B) Informational Fiction. C) Science Fiction/Fantasy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Science Fiction/Fantasy. 8. A character that reoccurs in many types of stories A) Antagonist. B) Dialect. C) Simile. D) Archetype. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Archetype. 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 A) Freewill. B) Antagonist. C) Protagonist. D) Conformity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 10. Which is a characteristic of dystopian societies? A) True love. B) Freedom. C) Dehumanization. D) Intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dehumanization. 11. What does the dance with the ballerina at the end symbolize? A) Freedom. B) Chaos. C) Destruction. D) Obedience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freedom. 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. A) Technology. B) Figurehead. C) Surveillance. D) Control. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurehead. 13. All of the following control a dystopian society except: A) Society. B) Government. C) Military. D) Authoritarian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Society. 14. Where did Jonas and Gabe try to find in the end of The Giver? A) Elsewhere. B) Home. C) Somewhere new. D) Nowhere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elsewhere. 15. In a dystopian society, the government seeks to ..... its citizens. A) Control. B) Punish. C) Reward. D) Help. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Control. 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? A) Personal Obstacle. B) External Obstacle. C) Systemic Obstacle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Systemic Obstacle. 17. Which dystopia control is in a story where citizens have been usurped by robots? A) Philosophical/Religious. B) Bureaucratic. C) Corporate. D) Technological. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Technological. 18. Which of these is the BEST example of someone submitting to power? A) Protesters. B) Generals. C) Citizens. D) Police. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Citizens. 19. Which dystopia control is in a story where citizens make decisions based on a dictator's authority? A) Technological. B) Philosophical/Religious. C) Bureaucratic. D) Corporate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bureaucratic. 20. What year did Lois Lowry get married? A) 1955. B) 1956. C) 1954. D) 1957. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1956. 21. Why do ballerinas wear masks? A) To hide their ugly faces. B) To hide their beauty. C) Its part of their costume. D) To hide their identitys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To hide their beauty. 22. The title of the novel is taken from Shakespeare's ..... A) The Tempest. B) Hamlet. C) A Midsummer Night's Dream. D) Henry IV, Part 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Tempest. 23. In Animal Farm, Sugarcandy mountain seems to symbolize which of the following A) Another farm. B) A candy store. C) A mountain made of sugar. D) Heaven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heaven. 24. Which of the following is most likely to be present in an exclusively dystopian society? A) Hope. B) Monarchy. C) Corruption. D) Justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Corruption. 25. Who is the Handicapper General? A) Harrison Bergeron. B) Hazel and George. C) Ballerinas. D) Diana Moon Glampers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diana Moon Glampers. 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. A) Allusion. B) Utopia. C) Antagonist. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protagonist. 27. Ivan Pavlov is famous for his "conditioning" experiments done with ..... A) Chimpanzees. B) Dolphins. C) Dogs. D) People. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dogs. 28. Kindred is arguing with Jennifer about how to handle a situation.Is this a personal, external, or systemic obstacle? A) Personal Obstacle. B) External Obstacle. C) Systemic Obstacle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External Obstacle. 29. Which of these is not how the story of the anti-hero ends? A) The anti-hero dies. B) The anti-hero is set back into the brainwashed society. C) The anti-hero manages to beat the society. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The anti-hero manages to beat the society. 30. If you read a story with an omniscient narrator, which word below would best describe this type of narrator? A) Understanding. B) All Knowing. C) Jealous. D) Reliable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All Knowing. 31. Hedwig in Harry Potter is an example of what type of archetype? A) Jester. B) Caregiver. C) Companion. D) Hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Companion. 32. The term dystopia became popular because A) A. There needed to be an opposite term for utopia. B) B. Many of the utopias that people tried to create turned into the opposite of perfect. C) C. The term dystopia actually existed first. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 33. A Dystopia is a what? A) Imaginary Futuristic place. B) Real world place. C) In another country. D) Place set in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imaginary Futuristic place. 34. An external obstacle is ..... A) A character versus self conflict. B) A character versus character conflict. C) A character versus society conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A character versus character conflict. 35. Which character archetype best describes Harrison, from the dystopian short story, Harrison Bergeron? A) Anti-Hero. B) Sidekick. C) Villan. D) Epic Hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anti-Hero. 36. What was the first dystopian novel? A) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. B) We by Yevgeni Zamyatin. C) 1984 by George Orwell. D) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We by Yevgeni Zamyatin. 37. When does this story take place? A) Tomorrow. B) Last century. C) Last week. D) Far in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Far in the future. 38. What problems are avoided when people conform in dystopian literature? A) Jail. B) Punishment. C) Death. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 39. Huxley experienced Fascism firsthand by living in ..... A) Germany. B) Japan. C) Italy. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Italy. 40. "Utopia" was written by ..... in the 1500s. A) William Shakespeare. B) Thomas Moore. C) George Orwell. D) Aldous Huxley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas Moore. 41. Utilitarianism states that there is ..... good in providing maximum mutual pleasure. A) Intellectual. B) Physical. C) Moral. D) Practical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moral. 42. The antonym for Dystopia is: A) Dystopia. B) Utopia. C) Zootopia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Utopia. 43. What is Mr. Crowe's favorite dystopian novel? A) Hunger Games. B) The House on Mango Street. C) 1984. D) Maze Runner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1984. 44. Huxley's "Brave New World" was strongly influenced by the time he spent working in a ..... factory. A) Munitions. B) Television. C) Chemical. D) Shoe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemical. 45. What kind of figurative language is used in this sentence:"Children are carpets, they should be stepped on every now and again" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 46. What is a part of Economic Dystopia? A) Human Rights. B) Personal Freedom. C) Opression. D) Trust. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opression. 47. All of the following are guiding principles for Utopian societies except ..... A) Bureaucratic control. B) Ecology. C) Religious beliefs. D) Humanism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bureaucratic control. 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. A) Conformity. B) Antagonist. C) Allusion. D) Perception. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conformity. 49. Society usually does what to its citizens? A) Praises them. B) Kills them. C) Dehumanizes them. D) Loves them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dehumanizes them. 50. A systemic obstacle is ..... A) A character versus society conflict. B) A character versus self conflict. C) A character versus character conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A character versus society conflict. 51. This is when the hero changes himself and leads a new life A) The resurrection. B) The road back. C) The call to adventure. D) An ordinary world. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The resurrection. 52. A sign was sent and summoned a hero to undertake a special journey A) Meeting the mentor. B) The call to adventure. C) The approach to the innermost cave. D) The ordeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The call to adventure. 53. What are different types of propaganda that a government might use to keep control of its citizens? A) Television, Radio, Movies. B) Literature. C) Speeches from important government officials. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 54. The programming on the television is mindless, loud, violent, and shallow. A) The society is the illusion of perfection. B) The natural world is banished. C) Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted. D) A figurehead or concept is worshiped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted. 55. What motif largely appears within "The Veldt" ? A) Freedom vs. Control. B) Friends vs. Enemies. C) Adversity vs. Defeat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freedom vs. Control. 56. Where do the police take the main character in The Pedestrian? A) The Hospital for Special Surgery. B) The Clinic for the Lost Pedestrians. C) The Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies. 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? A) Dehumanization. B) Surveillance. C) Limited World View. D) Propaganda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dehumanization. 58. What current society reminds us of a dystopia? A) China. B) South Korea. C) North Korea. D) The United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) North Korea. 59. Dystopias are usually set in the ..... A) Past. B) Present. C) Myth. D) Future. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Future. 60. In a dystopian society, people are afraid of ..... A) Dreams. B) Outside world. 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