Ted Ed Dystopia quiz

What is the word that Thomas Moore coined and what is its Greek translation? Why do you think he called it this?

These dreams turned into nightmares of war, famine, and ________.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is Swift's blueprint for Utopia?

Give one example of a fictional dystopic scenario from the video

What is an example of a real world dystopia described in the video?

What did the novel Animal Farm mock?

The novel 1984 by George Orwell is a broader critique of totalitarianism ____, and _____.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Because at their heart, dystopias are _________ tales, not about some particular government or technology, but the very idea that humanity can be molded into an ______ shape.

Based on what you learned about dystopia and dystopic literature, what makes Harrison Bergeron a dystopic story?