Harrison Bergeron summative practice

What can you infer about the people in this society?  Choose TWO.

• 1. Everybody has multiple handicaps

• Some have more handicaps than others

• 1. Differences are valued

  2. Equality is valued

• 1. Equality is valued

• Everybody is happy

Why does George have to wear a handicap radio in his ear?

• 1. His intelligence is below normal

• His intelligence is perfectly normal

• His intelligence is way above normal

• His intelligence is way below normal

 How does Harrison’s interruption at the ballet affect the outcome of the story?

• It causes Harrison to be killed by the HG men because he is different.

• 1. It causes Harrison’s parents to become angry/agitated.

• 1. It causes Harrison’s parents to question their function in society.

• 1. It causes Harrison to take over society and rule as the new emperor. 

What is the best meaning for the word BURDENED as it is used in the following sentence from the passage?

“They were BURDENED with sashweights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in.”

• Unloaded

• Weighed down

• displayed

• decorated

Which one of the following sentences from the passage best supports the inference that people in this society accept their handicaps?

• 1. "If there was just some way we could make a little hole in the bottom of the bag, and just take out a few of them lead balls. Just a few."

• 1. "If I tried to get away with it, then other people'd get away with it-and pretty soon we'd be right back to the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everybody else.”

• 1. "Only, if I was Handicapper General, you know what I would do?...I'd have chimes on Sunday-just chimes. Kind of in honor of religion."

• 1. "Harrison Bergeron, age fourteen, has just escaped from jail…He is a genius and an athlete, is under-handicapped, and should be regarded as extremely dangerous."

What is the best meaning for the word CALIBRATED as it is used in the following sentence from the passage?

“The picture showed the full length of Harrison against a backdrop CALIBRATED in feet and inches.  He was exactly seven feet tall.”

• Defined

• Explained

• Distanced

• Measured

Which statement best describes the overall theme of the passage?

• Forcing equality can limit potential.

• Never let others set your limits.

• Equality is a right, not a privilege.

• Always follow the rules without question.

Which pieces of evidence support the theme you selected in Question 7?  Choose two.

• 1. “Diana Moon Glampers loaded the gun again. She aimed it at the musicians and told them they had ten seconds to get their handicaps back on.” 

• 1. “And George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear.  He was required to wear it at all times.”

• 1. “She must have been extraordinarily beautiful, because the mask she wore was hideous.” 

• 1. “All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General.”

• 1. “Harrison thrust his thumbs under the bar of the padlock that secured his head harness.  The bar snapped like celery.”

  
  

Which of the following sentences contains the BEST detail that should be included in a summary of this story?

• 1. Harrison was taken away when he was 14 years old.

• 1. Diana Moon Glampers is the Handicapper general.

• 1. Ballerinas are required to wear masks.

• 1. People are given handicaps to ensure everybody is equal in this society.

In the story, Harrison has a feeling of ANGER regarding the handicaps he is forced to wear.  Find two pieces of evidence from the text that support this feeling and explain.