WorksheetsDystopian Genre
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 18mins
What is a utopian society?
An imagined society or community where everything is perfect
An imagined society or community where everything is imperfect
A society or community where everything is perfect
A society or community where everything is imperfect
What do utopian societies care about?
Equality
Inequality
Freedom
Control
What is an important part of many utopian societies?
Nature
Technology
Economy
Politics
What is a dystopian society?
The opposite of a utopian society; a place where things are very bad
A society where things are very good
A society where things are perfect
A society where things are imperfect
What do dystopian societies care about?
Keeping control
Promoting freedom
Ensuring equality
Encouraging creativity
What is often ignored or destroyed in dystopias?
Nature
Technology
Economy
Politics
What are 3 common elements of dystopian literature?
Totalitarian governments have control
Independence and free thought are not allowed
People fear the outside world
All of the above
What is a totalitarian government?
A form of government that attempts to assert total control over the lives of its citizens
A form of government that promotes freedom and equality
A form of government that encourages creativity and innovation
A form of government that allows individualism and independence
How do the totalitarian governments have control over their citizens?
Propaganda controls citizens
They are taught that their world is perfect
None of the above
What is propaganda?
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
Information, especially of an unbiased and accurate nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to suppress or hide a particular political cause or point of view.
Information, especially of an unbiased and accurate nature, used to suppress or hide a particular political cause or point of view.
How are independence and free thought controlled?
People are always watched
Information is restricted
They are taught that differences degrade equality
All of the above
What is a protagonist?
Main character or characters
Secondary character or characters
Antagonist
Supporting character
Describe dystopian protagonists.
Feel like they have no control over their life
Are challenged to think or act in a new way
Question authority, the government, social systems
All of the above
Which one is NOT a theme of dystopian literature?
Government control or power
Friendship
Loss of individualism
Environmental destruction
Dystopian societies are often false what?
Utopias
Dystopias
Realities
Dreams
What are the two central events that change the societies in dystopian societies?
Natural disaster
Global war
Technological advancement
Political revolution
What is key in dystopian literature?
A resistance or rebellion
Government control
Survival
Environmental destruction
What happens in the climax of dystopian literature?
They are often unresolved
All conflicts are resolved
The protagonist dies
The antagonist wins
How do dystopian authors write these stories?
They take something about society and imagine what it could be like in the future..
They take something about society and imagine what it was like in the past..
They take something about society and imagine what it is like in the present..
