The Veldt, Trinity High School

The main theme of “The Veldt” is

• Children left to their own devices will often cause mischief.

• Technology, when it replaces social interaction, dehumanizes people.

• Families who spend more time together develop stronger ties to one another.

• Parents who provide access to advanced technology to children forfeit their parental power.

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Which is not a piece of evidence in the beginning that lets the reader know the setting is in the future?

• The Hadley’s home has a nursery with some kind of problem

• The Hadley’s home “clothed and fed and rocked them to sleep…”

• The nursery’s technology creates images out of your thoughts.

• The children can televise messages home to their parents.

Which of the statements is/are TRUE regarding the technology is “The Veldt”?

I. It provides entertainment

II. It functions as a surrogate parent

III. It makes all of the family happy

IV. It breaks the family bond

• I and IV only

• I, II, & IV

• II & IV only

• All are true.

Why do the children oppose turning off the nursery?

• They fear that it may actually kill the lions.

• They are trying to upset their parents.

• They are more connected to the nursery than they are connected to their parents.

• They have given into the nursery and it controls them.

All of the following are examples of foreshadowing except

• the lions running at the Hadley’s before they get out of the nursery.

• the plan to take a vacation away from all the technology.

• when George goes into the nursery and tries to change it, he cannot.

• the screams in the nursery that sound somewhat familiar.

Which instance of foreshadowing best shows the parents’ general lack of awareness?

• Peter’s threat.

• Mc Clean’s diagnosis

• George Hadley’s bloody wallet

• the familiar screams coming from the nursery wall.

The fact that the Hadleys bought a “Happy Life Home” most effectively demonstrates which of the following literary elements:

• foreshadowing

• symbol

• Conflict

• irony

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David McClean’s general attitude toward the situation is one of

• condescension and disgust

• confidence and judgement

• light-heartedness and forgiveness

• panic and confusion

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The fact that the virtual reality wall is placed in the “nursery” shows

• It is basically harmless

• The children’s innocent nature

• It has functioned as a surrogate parent

• All of the above

The children in the story are best described as

• spoiled and whiny

• conniving and violent

• desperate and yielding

• victimized and powerless

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