Harrison Bergeron

In "Harrison Bergeron," how do George and Hazel react to what happens to their son?

• They quickly forget about it.

• They are sad, but they comfort one another.

• They are outraged at the way he has been treated.

• They discuss what happens when people try to take their handicaps off.

In "Harrison Bergeron," what consequences must a person face for removing a handicap? Choose two options.

• pay a fine

• wear a mask

• endure severe pain

• spend time in prision

In "Harrison Bergeron," what do Harrison and his Empress do after removing their handicaps?

• chastise the musicians for not throwing off their own handicaps

• announce their plans to the people watching on television

• smash up the television studio

• dance together to the music

In "Harrison Bergeron," what is the main intended effect of the sharp noise that is transmitted in George's ear?

• a severe pain

• extreme fatigue

• scattered thoughts

• trembling and seizures

What is the likeliest meaning of consternation as it is used in this passage from "Harrison Bergeron"?

Screams and barking cries of consternation came from the television set. The photograph of Harrison Bergeron on the screen jumped again and again, as though dancing to the tune of an earthquake.

• anger

• dismay

• annoyance

• humilitation

What is the likeliest meaning of synchronizing as it is used in this passage from "Harrison Bergeron"?

Harrison and his Empress merely listened to the music for a while-listened gravely, as though synchronizing their heartbeats with it.

• jolting

• stopping

• matching

• disrupting

What does the context suggest is most likely the meaning of neutralizing as it is used in this passage from "Harrison Bergeron"?

And then, neutralizing gravity with love and pure will, they remained suspended in the air inches below the ceiling, and they kissed each other for a long, long time.

• reducing the effect of

• starting the feeling of

• increasing the strength of

• multiplying the weight of

What is the author's attitude towards the society he describes in "Harrison Bergeron"?

• he thinks it is silly

• he thinks it is disturbing

• he thinks it is impressive

• he thinks it is advanced

The rest of Harrison's appearance was Halloween and hardware. Nobody had ever born heavier handicaps. He had outgrown hindrances faster than the H-G men could think them up. Instead of a little ear radio for a mental handicap. He wore a tremendous pain of earphones, and spectacles with thick wavy lenses. The spectacles were intended to make him not only half blin, but to give him whanging headaches besides.

What is the most likely conclusion you can draw about Harrison from this description of the handicaps that have been placed upon him?

• he must be physically and intellectually extradinary

• he must not be a terrible troublemaker

• he must be scary and violent

• he must be artistically gifted