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Harrison Bergeron (Plot)

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 24mins

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1.

Which part of the plot should this be situated?


The year is 2081, in the United States, at the Bergeron Home. Society is completely equal due to the 211, 212, 213 Amendments to the Constitution

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

2.

Which part of the plot should this be situated?


Man vs. Society (Harrison vs. the Government)

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

3.

Which part of the plot should this be situated?


Main characters:

George & Hazel Bergeron


Harrison Bergeron is Handsome, Athletic, Strong, Brave, Rebellious


Handicapper General Agents of this office strictly enforce the equality laws.

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

4.

Which part of the plot should this be situated?


In April, 14-year-old Harrison was taken away from George and Hazel for plotting to overthrow the government.

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

5.

Which part of the plot should this be situated?


George and his wife, Hazel, watch a ballet on the television. George has great intelligence, but he cannot use it because of the mental handicaps he is forced to wear. His wife tells him it would be okay to take off his handicaps for a while to rest; although they would not be equal.

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

6.

Which part of the plot should this be situated?


George thinks a little about his son, but a gun sound pops in his head, leaving him white and trembling. Two of the ballerinas are also afflicted with the same noise.

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

7.

Which part of the plot should this be situated?


One of the ballerinas interrupts the TV program for a news bulletin warning that Harrison has escaped from jail and that he is very dangerous

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

8.

Which part of the plot should this be situated?


Harrison says, “I am the emperor,” barging into the studio and frees himself from his handicaps. He makes a ballerina his empress.

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

9.

Which part of the plot should this be situated?


The Handicapper General comes into the studio and emotionlessly kills Harrison and the ballerina.

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

10.

Which part of the plot should this be situated?


A ballerina joins Harrison and they dance and play music (the musicians’ also remove their handicaps). They kiss the ceiling.

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

11.

Which part of the plot should this be situated?


Hazel is crying when George returns from the kitchen, where he'd gone for a beer. She doesn't know what made her cry except that there was something upsetting on the television. George advises her to forget about distressing things, and she agrees that she always seems to. A horrible sound makes him grimace. Hazel says it must have been a bad one. George tells her she could "say that again." Hazel repeats her comment.

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution

12.

Which part of the plot should this be situated?


Society returns to normal; no dent is made, and George and Hazel cannot even remember what happened.

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Falling Action

e)

Resolution