ECM 11: Dystopia Test Review

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Dystopia

,

(b) Utopia

,

(c) Both

• "No Place"

• Individuality = bad

• Propaganda used to control citizens

• Citizens may have fear of the outside world

• "Bad Place"

• A perfect world

• Invented by Thomas Moore

• Criticizes something in the real world

• Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted

• Citizens live in a dehumanized state

A protagonist is...

• the main character in the story

• the person telling a story

• the person working against the main character

• a character that lacks typical heroic traits

Which is not true of a dystopian protagonist?

• Often feels trapped and is struggling to escape

• Accepts society the way it is

• Questions the existing social and political systems

• Feels something is terribly wrong with the society they live in

A narrator is...

• the main character in the story

• the person telling a story

• the person working against the main character

• a character that lacks typical heroic traits

An antagonist is...

• the main character in the story

• the person telling a story

• the person working against the main character

• a character that lacks typical heroic traits

Match the following

• philosophical/religious control

• one or more large companies control society through products, advertisements, and/or the media

• technological control

• society is controlled by things like computers, robots, etc.

• bureaucratic control

• society is controlled by mindless bureaucracy, a tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and/or incompetent gov't officials

• corporate control

• society is controlled by a specific ideology, often enforced through a dictatorship or theocratic gov't

What two things contribute to setting?

• time

• perspective

• conflict

• place

First Person, Second Person, and Third Person are all...

• types of protagonist

• points of view

• characters in a story

• elements of dystopia

Match the following

• 2nd person narration

• The reader is a character in the story, with the narrator addressing them as "you"

• 1st person narration

• The narrator is a character in the story, using "I" and "me" outside of dialogue.

• 3rd person narration

• The narrator is NOT a character in the story. Uses pronouns like "he" and "she" when referring to all characters.

Match the following types of conflict

• person vs. person

• the protagonist must overcome the norms/values of their society

• person vs. technology

• the protagonist must overcome their own nature

• person vs. self

• the protagonist must overcome another character or characters

• person vs. society

• the protagonist must overcome a piece of technology

• person vs. nature

• the protagonist must overcome an element of nature (weather, animal, etc.)