Dystopian Characteristics Quiz

A UTOPIA is

• A futuristic, imagined universe in which there is an oppressive societal control

• A special place in history

• A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect

• Another planet in the far-off galaxy

A DYSTOPIA is

• A futuristic, imagined universe in which there is an oppressive societal control

• A special place in history

• A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect

• Another planet in the far-off galaxy

"All Summer in a Day" takes place on

• Venus

• Mars

• The Moon

• A resource-depleted Earth

The Dystopian Protagonist characteristic that Margot best reveals is

• Questions the existing social and political systems

• Feels trapped and is struggling to escape

Which Dystopian characteristic does the character Leonard Mead best reveal in "The Pedestrian"?

• Citizens conform to uniform expectations. Individuality and dissent are bad.

• A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of society.

The fact that Tessie Hutchinson in "The Lottery" seemed to be in support of and a fan of the Lottery until the end when she was selected is an example of

• Foreshadowing

• Conflict

• Irony

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

One of the biggest differences in the Pedestrian story and film was

• that there were two men walking in the movie.

• that Leonard Mead did not go to the Center for Psychiatric Research for Regressive Tendencies in the movie.

• That the setting was in the past, not the future in the movie.

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CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which of the following is a simile from "The Pedestrian"?

• There was a sigh, a pop. The back door of the police car sprang wide.

• To enter out into that silence that was the city at 8 o'clock of a misty evening in November.

• He would stand upon the corner of an intersection and peer down long moonlit avenues of sidewalk in four directions.

• The street was silent and long and empty, with only his shadow moving like the shadow of a hawk in midcountry.

Finish this Dystopian characteristic:

Propaganda is

• worshipped by the citizens of society

• used to control the citizens of society

• banished and distrusted

• of the outside world

Finish this dystopian characteristic:

A figurehead or concept is

• worshipped by the citizens of society

• used to control the citizens of society

• banished and distrusted

• of the outside world