Exploring Dystopias: From Utopia to Modern Anxieties

What does the term 'Utopia' literally mean?

• Perfect place

• Ideal society

• No place

• Future vision

Who is credited with creating one of the earliest dystopian works?

• Aldous Huxley

• Jonathan Swift

• Thomas More

• George Orwell

Which novel imagined upper classes and workers evolving into separate species?

• Brave New World

• 1984

• The Iron Heel

• The Time Machine

What does Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World' use to maintain societal happiness?

• All of the above

• Genetic engineering

• Propaganda and drugs

• Technology

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Which author's work directly mocked the Soviet regime?

• George Orwell

• Sinclair Lewis

• Jack London

• Yevgeny Zamyatin

What new technologies did post-World War II writers explore the implications of?

• Space travel

• Artificial intelligence

• All of the above

• Atomic energy

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Which work warned about the ease of losing rights in a crisis?

• Both A and B

• It Can't Happen Here

• The Handmaid's Tale

• V for Vendetta

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Why are dystopian stories considered cautionary tales?

• They predict the future accurately

• They entertain with futuristic technology

• They show the dangers of trying to create a perfect society

• They advocate for specific political systems

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In a __________ society, everyone's needs are met, and there is no suffering or injustice.

• utopian

• rife

• reciprocate

• remuneration

An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect

• utopia
• dystopia
• apocalypse
• wonder