The Pedestrian

How does Mr. Mead's profession act as a threat to society in "The Pedestrian"?

• Writing no longer exists as a profession and is therefore irrelevant
• Writing involves creativity and individuality, traits clearly not welcomed in this society
• Mr. Mead can potentially reveal the secrets of the society in which he lives

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3. Why does the author refer to the people in their homes as “gray phantoms?”

• A. he’s implying that they are full of life

• B. he’s implying that they are lifeless

• C. he’s implying that they are curious

• D. he’s implying that they are scared

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7. Identify the figurative language in this sentence: “It was not unequal to walking through a graveyard.”

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

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Which of the following quotations reveals the theme of "The pedestrian"?

• "There was a good crystal frost in the air; it cut the nose and made the lungs blaze like a Christmas tree inside....."

• "... he could imagine himself upon the center of a plain, a wintry, windless Arizona desert with no house in a thousand miles,..."

• "The tombs, ill-lit by television light, where the people sat like the dead, the gray or multi-colored lights touching their faces, but never really touching them."

• "Was that a murmur of laughter from within a moon-white house?"

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What is the setting of "The Pedestrian"?

• 2053 AD
• A chilly November evening
• In the middle of a densely populated city
• All of the above

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Why were the police suspicious of Mr. Leonard Mead?

• He was wearing sneakers

• He's look like a wanted criminal

• He was outside at night walking around

• He tried to run from the police car

Leonard Mead chooses to walk instead of watching television because he

• dislikes television quiz shows

• owns only a black-and-white television set

• is secretly plotting against society

• wants to experience life firsthand

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Why is there no one in the Police Car?

• Mead only imagines the car.

• The lights are too bright.

• the police are hidden.

• The Car is automatically controlled.

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Leonard Mead is taken to the psychiatric center because

• the police assume he is crazy for walking

• the police take everyone there

• he is no longer married

• the police think he is drunk

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What might the author, Ray Bradbury, be commenting on?

• Society's lack of interest in personal interaction

• Society's complete dependence on technology and the resulting dangers

• Society's laziness

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