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Speech Unit Test - Dystopia, Utopia, and The Pedestrian
Speech Unit Test - Dystopia, Utopia, and The Pedestrian
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According to Mr. Mead's narrator, what are all the residents of the homes doing?
Inside their homes taken over by technology ("viewing screens")
There were no mentions of other residents in this story.
Inside hiding from the cop cars
Hiding on another planet
2
The utopian protagonist:
feels that the society in which he or she lives is always getting better
helps the audience recognize the positive aspects of the utopian world
ALL OF THE ABOVE
works to promote the ideals of society
3
Why does Mr. Mead like to walk alone at night?
He likes to walk alone at night because he can appreciate small pleasures.
He doesn't walk at night. He walks in the morning.
He prefers the night time over the day time.
He likes to walk alone because it is the only time he gets to be alone.
4
Allegory:
add different layers of meanings to their work, makes their stories and characters multidimensional
False
True
5
Which of the following is a theme of "The Pedestrian"?
Forbidden Love
Isolation/Control of Technology Over Lives
True Love
Happiness is the most important thing
6
Society is controlled by citizenry in a largely individualist, communal, social and sometimes libertarian “government”.
Economic Utopia
Governing Utopia
Ecological Utopia
Philosophical Utopia
7
After Mr. Mead was arrested, he was taken away to the Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies.
False
True
8
A technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption using humor or irony.
Utopia
Satire
Dystopia
Protagonist
9
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
& A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess are examples of
satire
.
False
True
10
Dystopia:
Exaggerated worst-case scenario makes a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system.
True
False
11
Society believes in a common religious philosophy, some fashion their surroundings around the biblical Garden of Eden.
Governing Utopia
Ecological Utopia
Philosophical Utopia
Economic Utopia
12
What is the reason for there only being
ONE
cop car in the entire city of 3 million people?
Cops did not exist in this society.
No one wanted to be a cop with all the dangerous crime.
There was no need for the police anymore due to the crime levels ebbing.
So many people were in jail, so cops were not needed anymore.
13
Which of the following was
NOT
an example of a dystopian world:
War
Artificial intelligence (AI) taking over
The most perfect world; whatever that looks like for you
Zombie Apocalypse
14
In a
DYSTOPIAN SOCIETY
: Propaganda is used to control citizens & information/independent thought.
False
True
15
Characteristics of a Dystopian Society:
Citizens live in a dehumanized state.
ALL OF THE ABOVE
A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society.
Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance.
16
The utopian
PROTAGONIST
works to promote the ideals of society questions the existing social and political systems
True
False
17
Back to nature, humans live harmoniously with nature and reverse the effects of industrialization.
Economic Utopia
Philosophical Utopia
Governing Utopia
Ecological Utopia
18
Why does Bradbury consistently compare this community's setting to graveyards, ghosts, and the dead?
People are dying on the street in the story.
The townspeople are haunted, and the setting is a graveyard.
The town Mead lives in is figuratively dead and controlled by technology.
The town is haunted by ghosts.
19
What was the unique part of the metallic voice Mr. Mead heard when he was told to put his hands up?
The car was speaking, however; a human stepped out to arrest Mr. Mead.
There were multiple people instructing Mr. Mead to put his hands up.
The car was the "police officer" instructing Mr. Mead - not a person.
The metallic voice was all in Mr. Mead's imagination.
20
“The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe &
Animal Farm
by George Orwell are examples of
allegories.
False
True
21
A place, state, or condition that is
ideally perfect
in respect to politics, laws, customs, and conditions.
Perfect Society
Utopia
Dystopia
Protagonist
22
Money is abolished. Citizens only do work that they enjoy.
Economic Utopia
Governing Utopia
Technological Utopia
Ecological Utopia
23
In some cases, technology may be embraced to enhance the human living experience and make human life easier.
Technological Utopia
Economic Utopia
Philosophical Utopia
Governing Utopia
24
Which of the following is the story plot of Ray Bradbury's "The Pedestrian"?
A man is walking the streets of an empty town taken over by technology
A man is on outer space and being attacked by robots
A family is running away from a zombie apocalypse
A family is being chased by an army
25
Throughout Bradbury's short story "The Pedestrian", there is a happy and upbeat tone and mood. It has a happy ending
False
True
