Which word best describes the society described in the story?
Question 22 options:
Free
Tolerant
Repressive
Question 23 (1 point)
Which word best describes the mood of the Bergeron household?
Question 23 options:
Subdued
Overwhelming
Inspiring
Restless
Question 24 (1 point)
“THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren't only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else.” How is the word “equality” used in “Harrison Bergeron”?
Question 24 options:
to signify our common ground as human beings
to show that race doesn't matter
to mean that class doesn't matter
to mean that people are the same in every possible way
Question 25 (1 point)
“The television program was suddenly interrupted for a news bulletin. It wasn't clear at first as to what the bulletin was about, since the announcer, like all announcers, had a serious speech impediment. For about half a minute, and in a state of high excitement, the announcer tried to say, "Ladies and Gentlemen." He finally gave up, handed the bulletin to a ballerina to read. The word impediment means
Question 25 options:
Obstacle
Loud voice
Bad timing
Fungus
Question 26 (1 point)
In this story, people with above-average intelligence have to
Question 26 options:
Watch a lot of television every night
Marry someone with less intelligence
Report weekly to the Handicapper General
Wear mental-handicap transmitters
Question 27 (1 point)
Based on the number of handicaps Harrison wears, you can conclude he is
Question 27 options:
the same as everyone else
dangerous to others in society
above average in many ways
glad he doesn’t live at home
Question 28 (1 point)
What did Harrison Bergeron proclaim to the people at the television studio?
Question 28 options:
Hooah!
I am the Emperor!
I have stormed the castle. Bow down to me!
Question 29 (1 point)
What is the shedding of Harrison’s handicaps symbolic of?
Question 29 options:
Freedom
Restriction
Responsibility
Suppression