The Pedestrian

The Pedestrian

10th Grade

15 Qs

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The Pedestrian

The Pedestrian

Assessment

Quiz

English

10th Grade

Easy

Created by

Sarah Williams

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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How does Mr. Mead's profession act as a threat to society in "The Pedestrian"?

Writing no longer exists as a profession and is therefore irrelevant

Mr. Mead can potentially reveal the secrets of the society in which he lives

Writing involves creativity and individuality, traits clearly not welcomed in this society

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The citizens in "The Pedestrian" are __________________ by the television.

captivated

controlled

made unintelligent

excited

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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If "The Pedestrian" is a satirical piece, what might the author, Ray Bradbury, be commenting on?

Society's laziness

Society's lack of interest in personal interaction

Society's complete dependence on technology and the resulting dangers

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What do phrases such as "grassy seams," "buckling concrete walk," and "lumpy walk" imply?

The entire city is old and falling apart

There was a recent earthquake that damaged much of the walkways

No one uses the sidewalks much and they are therefore untended

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Why were the police suspicious of Mr. Leonard Mead?

He was wearing sneakers

He was outside at night

He was not married

He tried to run from the police car

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who wrote "The Pedestrian?"

Ray Bradbury

Roald Dahl

Sherman Alexie

Kurt Vonnegut

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following quotations reveals the theme of "The pedestrian"?

"There was a good crystal frost in the air; it cut the nose and made the lungs blaze like a Christmas tree inside....."

"... he could imagine himself upon the center of a plain, a wintry, windless Arizona desert with no house in a thousand miles,..."

"The tombs, ill-lit by television light, where the people sat like the dead, the gray or multi-colored lights touching their faces, but never really touching them."

"Was that a murmur of laughter from within a moon-white house?"

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