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Dystopian Genre

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 18mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is a utopian society?

a)

An imagined society or community where everything is perfect

b)

An imagined society or community where everything is imperfect

c)

A society or community where everything is perfect

d)

A society or community where everything is imperfect

2.

What do utopian societies care about?

a)

Equality

b)

Inequality

c)

Freedom

d)

Control

3.

What is an important part of many utopian societies?

a)

Nature

b)

Technology

c)

Economy

d)

Politics

4.

What is a dystopian society?

a)

The opposite of a utopian society; a place where things are very bad

b)

A society where things are very good

c)

A society where things are perfect

d)

A society where things are imperfect

5.

What do dystopian societies care about?

a)

Keeping control

b)

Promoting freedom

c)

Ensuring equality

d)

Encouraging creativity

6.

What is often ignored or destroyed in dystopias?

a)

Nature

b)

Technology

c)

Economy

d)

Politics

7.

What are 3 common elements of dystopian literature?

a)

Totalitarian governments have control

b)

Independence and free thought are not allowed

c)

People fear the outside world

d)

All of the above

8.

What is a totalitarian government?

a)

A form of government that attempts to assert total control over the lives of its citizens

b)

A form of government that promotes freedom and equality

c)

A form of government that encourages creativity and innovation

d)

A form of government that allows individualism and independence

9.

How do the totalitarian governments have control over their citizens?

a)

Propaganda controls citizens

b)

They are taught that their world is perfect

c)

None of the above

10.

What is propaganda?

a)

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

b)

Information, especially of an unbiased and accurate nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

c)

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to suppress or hide a particular political cause or point of view.

d)

Information, especially of an unbiased and accurate nature, used to suppress or hide a particular political cause or point of view.

11.

How are independence and free thought controlled?

a)

People are always watched

b)

Information is restricted

c)

They are taught that differences degrade equality

d)

All of the above

12.

What is a protagonist?

a)

Main character or characters

b)

Secondary character or characters

c)

Antagonist

d)

Supporting character

13.

Describe dystopian protagonists.

a)

Feel like they have no control over their life

b)

Are challenged to think or act in a new way

c)

Question authority, the government, social systems

d)

All of the above

14.

Which one is NOT a theme of dystopian literature?

a)

Government control or power

b)

Friendship

c)

Loss of individualism

d)

Environmental destruction

15.

Dystopian societies are often false what?

a)

Utopias

b)

Dystopias

c)

Realities

d)

Dreams

16.

What are the two central events that change the societies in dystopian societies?

a)

Natural disaster

b)

Global war

c)

Technological advancement

d)

Political revolution

17.

What is key in dystopian literature?

a)

A resistance or rebellion

b)

Government control

c)

Survival

d)

Environmental destruction

18.

What happens in the climax of dystopian literature?

a)

They are often unresolved

b)

All conflicts are resolved

c)

The protagonist dies

d)

The antagonist wins

19.

How do dystopian authors write these stories?

a)

They take something about society and imagine what it could be like in the future..

b)

They take something about society and imagine what it was like in the past..

c)

They take something about society and imagine what it is like in the present..