The Utopia and Dystopia Shelf

Literature · 10 questions

Ten questions about characters, institutions, and fictional societies in utopian and dystopian novels.

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1. Which novel features Big Brother as a symbol of surveillance?

   1. The Handmaid's Tale
   2. Nineteen Eighty-Four
   3. Brave New World
   4. Fahrenheit 451
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   B) Nineteen Eighty-Four

2. In which novel are citizens produced in hatcheries and divided into castes in the World State?

   1. Brave New World
   2. Nineteen Eighty-Four
   3. Fahrenheit 451
   4. We
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   A) Brave New World

3. Which novel features firemen whose job is to burn books?

   1. Nineteen Eighty-Four
   2. A Clockwork Orange
   3. Brave New World
   4. Fahrenheit 451
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   D) Fahrenheit 451

4. Which novel depicts the theocratic state of Gilead?

   1. The Handmaid's Tale
   2. The Giver
   3. Nineteen Eighty-Four
   4. Never Let Me Go
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   A) The Handmaid's Tale

5. What role is Jonas selected to take on in The Giver?

   1. Record Keeper
   2. Education Officer
   3. Community Spokesperson
   4. Receiver of Memory
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   D) Receiver of Memory

6. Which novel features the One State and glass houses that enable surveillance?

   1. Brave New World
   2. Nineteen Eighty-Four
   3. We
   4. Fahrenheit 451
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   C) We

7. In which novel is Alex subjected to the Ludovico Technique?

   1. Nineteen Eighty-Four
   2. The Giver
   3. A Clockwork Orange
   4. Brave New World
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   C) A Clockwork Orange

8. Which novel follows an unnamed father and son traveling through a post-apocalyptic world?

   1. The Road
   2. We
   3. Never Let Me Go
   4. Fahrenheit 451
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   A) The Road

9. Which novel centers on cloned children raised at Hailsham for organ donation?

   1. The Giver
   2. Never Let Me Go
   3. The Handmaid's Tale
   4. The Road
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   B) Never Let Me Go

10. Which novel names its virtual-reality world the Metaverse?

    1. Never Let Me Go
    2. Brave New World
    3. Snow Crash
    4. A Clockwork Orange
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    C) Snow Crash