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WorksheetsThe Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 18mins
Who is the main character in the story?
What was the weather like outside?
Who is the author of the book?
Edgar Allan Poe
Ray Bradbury
Walt Whitman
Henry James
What is the setting time of the science fictions genre?
present
past
future
which are not usually characters in a science fiction story?
Vikings
Robots
Scientifics
Extraterrestrials
Cartoons
What type of science fiction text is The Pedestrian?
Utopic
Political
Dystopic
Apocaliptic
Why do police take Leonard Mead to the Psychiatric Centre for Reasearch on Regressive Tendencies?
because police was looking for a suspect of a robbery
because he was watching TV
because he didn´t have a family
because he was wandering along the city at night
What were the people doing at home during the night?
Tick more than one option
The story deals with the following THEMES:
The Power and control of Mass Media over society
An ideal society in the future
The dangers of the police force ruled by the state
deshumanization of society
Life in other planets
Choose the words that best describe the city at night
deserted and desolated
busy and eclectic
noisy and energetic
lighted and dangerous
Choose the ending for the following phrase which sums up the message of the story:
As people become more and more dependant on technology,....
society gets better and better
they communicate more fluently
society becomes less and less human
robots achiev more and more power
What had happened to magazines and books?
They had been burnt
They were banned
They were available online
They were not sold any more
How did Leonard feel in that society?
Powerful
Lonely
Different
Bored
Hopeful
Name 3 problems that Human beings may face in a future
When Leonard was being taken to the Psychiatric´s, he saw his house on the way. What was the first thing he noticed about it ?
It was dark and gloomy
there were people inside
Lights were brightly lit
the Tv was on
