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The Censors

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What motivates Juan to apply for a job as a censor in the first place?

a)

He is seeking a high-paying government job.

b)

He wants to protect his own letter from being intercepted.

c)

He wishes to expose corruption within the Censorship Division.

d)

He is encouraged by his friends to join.

2.
How does Juan get his first promotion after taking the job as a censor?
a)
by betraying a fellow worker.
b)
by replacing an accident victim.
c)
by seeking his letter to Mariana.
d)
by turning himself in.
3.
Which statement best sums up Juan's career?
a)
He remains at the same level and never gets promoted.
b)
He learns to read letters in many languages and gets promoted.
c)
He begins at a low level and then keeps getting promoted.
d)
He is promoted to a high level but then keeps getting demoted.
4.
What happens to Juan at the end of the story?
a)
He finally discovers his letter to Mariana and is able to destroy it.
b)
He reaches Section B, has too few letters to censor, and grows bored.
c)
He censors his own letter, getting himself in trouble, and is executed.
d)
He finds his letter, smuggles it out, and takes it to Mariana himself.
5.
"The Censors" takes place in a country ruled by a dictator. What do the details and outcome of the story suggest about dictatorships in general? Choose two.
a)
They encourage creativity.
b)
They can be very violent.
c)
They often seem absurd.
d)
They are very compassionate.
6.
Which description best illustrates what it means to sabotage something?
a)
A spy removes a vital part of a car so that it no longer starts.
b)
A police officers gives a driver a ticket for driving a car too fast.
c)
A motorist registers a car with the Department of Motor Vehicles.
7.
If a person is going to intercept a message sent to another person, what does the person most clearly have to do?
a)
prepare the message well in advance.
b)
suggest ways to speed up delivery time.
c)
read the message after it is sent but before it is delivered.
8.
What sort of person can best be described as subversive?
a)
someone who is mourning a loss.
b)
someone who is plotting a rebellion.
c)
someone who has learned a new skill.
9.

Which of these sentences from the story best supports what the details in "The Censors" suggest about the work of censoring letters.

a)
He knows that they examine, sniff, feel, and read between the lines of each and every letter, and check its tiniest comma and most accidental stain.
b)
And when he was transferred to Section F, where letters are carefully checked for poison dust, he felt he had climbed a rung in the ladder.
c)
Very few letters reached him in Section B--only a handful passed the other hurdles--so he read them over and over again.
10.

What do the details in "The Censors" suggest about the work of censoring letters.

a)
The censors tend to be fairly lenient.
b)
Few letters are actually scrutinized.
c)
A letter can be censored for what it implies, not just for what it says explicitly.
d)
Censoring letters was done negligently, which is why people were fired.
11.

Which action would most likely be considered subversive in the context of the story?

a)

Writing a letter that criticizes the government.

b)

Applying for a job as a censor.

c)

Reporting suspicious letters to the authorities.

d)

Following all the rules of the Censorship Division.

12.

What main change has Juan experienced by the time he reaches Section B in the Censorship Division?

a)
He comes to despise his job as a censor.
b)
He becomes proud of his job as a censor.
c)
He grows quite lazy in his job as a censor.
d)
He grows careless in his job as a censor.
13.

Which of these sentences from the story best shows Juan's change?

a)
The building had a festive air on the outside that contrasted with its inner staidness.
b)
He had a truly patriotic task, both self-denying and uplifting.
c)
His basket for censored letters became the best fed as well as the most cunning basket in the whole Censorship Division
14.

Which of the following best describes the irony present in Juan's fate at the end of "The Censors"?

a)

He successfully delivers his letter to Mariana.

b)

He is promoted to the highest position in the division.

c)

He is rewarded for his loyalty to the government.

d)

He becomes a victim of the very system he tried to manipulate.

15.
Read this excerpt from "The Censors." It’s true that on the third day, a fellow worker had his right hand blown off by a letter, but the division chief claimed it was sheer negligence on the victim’s part. Juan and the other employees were allowed to go back to their work, though feeling less secure. As illustrated by this excerpt, what main technique does the author use to satirize (create a satire of) her view of the society in which the story is set?
a)
She vividly describes a government agency to show admiration for the highly organized society in which the story is set.
b)
She recounts tense, action-packed events that show the heroism of those who oppose the society in which the story is set.
c)
She humorously exaggerates characters and situations, poking fun in order to criticize the society in which the story is set.

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