First Selection: Harrison Bergeron

1/ Section A- reading

First selection: Harrison Bergeron

Based on your reading of “Harrison Bergeron “, answer the following questions:

1. / Diana Moon Glampers held the title "Handicapper General".
A. / True
B. / False
2. / One reason people had to wear ear pieces (handicaps) is so that theywouldn't remember anything.
A. / True
B. / False
3. / The ballerina had to wear a hideous mask:
A. / to handicap her beauty
B. / to scare people
C. / it was part of the dance show
4. / What is Hazel's relationship to Harrison?
A. / She is the Handicapper General
B. / She is his mother
C. / She shoots him
5. / Harrison took off his handicaps because:
A. / He was showing off
B. / He was rebelling against the government
C. / He wanted to be in the dance show
6. / What is Hazel's reaction to Harrison's death?
A. / She didn't care
B. / She applauded and shouted
C. / She cried but couldn't remember why
7. / What is theme?
A. / Comparing two things
B. / How a conflict is resolved
C. / The central message of a story
8. / Who wrote "Harrison Bergeron"?
A. / Kurt Vonnegut
B. / Kurt Malloy
C. / Karl Vonnegut
9. / To infer means to:
A. / to logically guess based on clues in the text
B. / to use common sense
C. / both of the above
10. / Kurt Vonnegut died in 2002.
A. / True
B. / False
11. / Harrison is described as clinking, clowish, and huge when he walks into the studio.
A. / True
B. / False
12. / We can infer from Vonnegut's assignation of hideous masks to physically beautiful people that people in this dystopia:
A. / feel insecure when around beauty.
B. / like wierd masks.
C. / are costume makers.
13. / What idea is shown when the Handicapper General takes over the TV station?
A. / The H.G. wants to produce movies
B. / The government has all the power
C. / The TV station needs help
14. / If Hazel was Handicapper General, what would she want to do every Sunday?
A. / Play chimes in the ear pieces
B. / Have a barbeque
C. / Watch ballet
15. / The author was born in:
A. / 1933
B. / 1944
C. / 1922
16. / What did Harrison exclaim when removing his handicaps?
A. / "I want to kill you all!"
B. / "I am powerful!"
C. / "I am the Emperor!"
17. / How did Harrison die?
A. / He was stoned to death
B. / He was put back in jail and starved
C. / He was shot
18. / Is Harrison's main conflict internal or external?
A. / external
B. / internal
C. / neither
19. / Whydo people in"Harrison Bergeron" have to wear handicaps?
A. / So that they can't run away
B. / So that they are all equal
C. / Because the Handicapper General is a masochist
20. / In what year does the story take place?
A. / 2181
B. / 1981
C. / 2081
21. / Why does George have handicaps?
A. / Because he rebeled against the government
B. / Because he is smart and strong (or, Hazel is dull and weak)
C. / Because he broke the law
22. / Harrison was 14 when he was taken away from his parents.

Second selection: Getting a Job

Based on your reading of “Getting a Job “, answer the following questions:

1-Who is the main character in Getting a Job?

______

2- What job did Marguerite want?

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3- Why did they refuse to hire her at the beginning?

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4- Who encouraged her not to give up?

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5-Why do you think Marguerite is finally hired?

______

6- Do you admire Marguerite as a person? Explain.

______

7- Why do people think that Marguerite is mad?

______

8- Complete the following table about Getting a Job.

Passages from Getting a Job
Plot
Characters
Setting
Theme

Third Selection: Celebrations of Grandfathers

Based on your reading of “Celebrations of Grandfathers “, answer the following questions:

1-How does the author address his grandfather?

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2-What was the role of "old people" in the author's childhood?

3-In their old age, what did people do?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4-How does the author describe the older members of his community?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………5-When a drought strikes, the author says:
"In my sadness and with the impulses of youth I said, 'I wish it would rain!'"
How does the grandfather respond?

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6-The author frequently shows himself acting to things in life with __, then shows his grandfather reacting with __.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………7-How does the narrator compare his childhood culture with the culture of today?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8-When the grandfather realizes that he is dying, what is his wish?

Fourth Selection: Dial Versus Digital

Based on your reading of “Dial Versus Digital “, answer the following questions:

The idea of "half past five" is easier to understand on a dial clock rather than a digital clock because dial clocks have no hands to tell time.

True
False

The early Sumerians choose 60 as the base of their number system because they did not believe in numbers over 100.

True
False

According to Asimov, the word counting will lose its meaning with the disappearance of the dial clock?

True
False

The idea of "half past five" is easier to understand on a dial clock rather than a digital clock because we can see time as space on a dial clock, but not a digital.

True
False

An example of a way that people use o'clock to define a location is when giving directions.

True
False

The early Sumerians choose 60 as the base of their number system because that's as far as they could count.

True
False

An example of a way that people use o'clock to define a location is when using a telephone.

True
False

The early Sumerians choose 60 as the base of their number system because they couldn't handle fractions very well.

True
False

One way we count time differently from the other way we count things is by not using a number base for counting.

True
False

According to Asimov, the word counterclockwise will lose its meaning with the disappearance of the dial clock?

True
False

One way we count time differently from the other way we count things is by not counting at all in our society.

True
False

An example of a way that people use o'clock to define a location is when using a microscope.

True
False

One way we count time differently from the other way we count things is by using 10 or 100 as a number base for counting.

True
False

An example of a way that people use o'clock to define a location is when using a telescope.

True
False

The early Sumerians choose 60 as the base of their number system because it can be easily divided.

True
False

One way we count time differently from the other way we count things is by using 12 as a number base for counting.

True
False

According to Asimov, the word clockwise will lose its meaning with the disappearance of the dial clock?

True
False

The idea of "half past five" is easier to understand on a dial clock rather than a digital clock because it is more clear from the position of the minute hand.

True
False

According to Asimov, the word o'clock will lose its meaning with the disappearance of the dial clock?

True
False

The idea of "half past five" is easier to understand on a dial clock rather than a digital clock because no such time exists on a digital clock.

True
False