The Censors Quiz

In “The Censors,” how does Juan get his first promotion after taking the job as a censor?

• by betraying a fellow worker 

• by replacing an accident victim

• by seeking his letter to Mariana

• by offering to do dangerous work

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Which statement best sums up Juan’s career in “The Censors”?

• He remains at the same level and never gets promoted.

• He begins at a low level and then keeps getting promoted.

• He is promoted to a high level but then keeps getting demoted.

• He is promoted to a middle level but then keeps getting demoted.

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What happens to Juan at the end of “The Censors”?

• He finally discovers his letter to Mariana and is able to destroy it.

• He becomes so devoted to his job that he stops eating and gets sick.

• He reaches Section B, has too few letters to censor, and grows bored.

• He censors his own letter, getting himself in trouble, and is executed.

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“The Censors” takes place in a country ruled by a dictator. What do the details and outcome of “The Censors” suggest most clearly about dictatorships in general? Choose three options.

• They are very compassionate.

  
  

• They encourage conformity.

• They stimulate creativity

• They can be very violent.

• They often seem absurd.

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Which description best illustrates what it means to sabotage something?

• A spy removes a vital part of a car so that it no longer starts.

• A police officer gives a driver a ticket for driving a car too fast.

• A motorist registers a car with the Department of Motor Vehicles

• A driver visits a service station and fills a car’s tank with gasoline

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If a person is going to intercept a message sent to another person, what does the person most clearly have to do?

• prepare the message well in advance

• suggest ways to speed up delivery time

• read the message after it is sent but before it is delivered

• pass the message to the intended recipient via email or text

What sort of person can best be described as subversive?

• someone who is mourning a loss

• someone who is plotting a rebellion

• someone who has learned a new skill

• someone who has inherited a huge fortune

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The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

      Part A What do the details in “The Censors” suggest about the work of censoring letters? 

• Few letters are actually scrutinized.

• The censors tend to be fairly lenient

• A letter can be censored for what it implies, not just for what it
  says explicitly.

• Each censor must work in various departments or sections, not just one.

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Part B Which of these sentences from “The Censors” best supports the answer to Part A?

• He knows that they examine, sniff, feel, and read between the lines of each and every letter, and check its tiniest comma and most accidental stain.

• Ulterior motives couldn't be overlooked in the Censorship Division, but they needn't be too strict with those who applied.

• And when he was transferred to Section F, where letters are carefully checked for poison dust, he felt he had climbed a rung in the ladder

• Very few letters reached him in Section B—only a handful passed the other hurdles—so he read them over and over again.

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The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

     Part A In “The Censors,” what main change has Juan experienced by the time he reaches Section B in the Censorship Division?

• He comes to despise his job as a censor.

• He becomes proud of his job as a censor

• He wins great fame in his job as a censor.

• He grows quite lazy in his job as a censor

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