Dystopias in Literature

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1. In which novel does Aldous Huxley depict a society in which universal happiness exists, but only through the use of the drug Soma? 1984 Brave New World We What Price Progress?

2. Which author’s "Harrison Bergeron" depicts a world where, as the opening line promises, "everybody was finally equal"? Douglas Adams Kurt Vonnegut Margaret Atwood Anthony Burgess

3. Which Margaret Atwood dystopia features a main character named Offred? Egalia's Daughters The Handmaid's Tale Alias Grace The Blind Assassin

4. Another discouraging view of the future was written in 1921 by Yevgeny Zamyatin. What rather short name does Zamyatin's novel have when translated into English? Her You I We

5. William Nolan's "Logan's Run" depicts a society that finally found a solution to the problem of overpopulation. What is that solution? Children of the lower classes are provided as food for the upper classes All members of society must commit suicide when they reach a certain age All males must serve as soldiers in a war with an artificially high death rate All members of society except a select few are subject to mandatory sterilization

6. "Anthem" depicts a collectivist future where even the use of the word "I" has dropped from the language. Which author wrote this dystopia? Anthony Burgess Ayn Rand Paul M. Jessup Harry Harrison

7. A more recent example of the genre comes from Lois Lowry, who authored what Newberry Medal winning tale in 1993? Maniac Magee The Giver Walk Two Moons Bud, Not Buddy

8. What author's 1966 novel "Make Room, Make Room!" envisioned a future where overcrowding has made life in New York City miserable? Pierre Boule Harry Harrison William Gibson Kurt Vonnegut

9. In 1920 Karel Capek wrote a dystopian play often abbreviated "R.U.R". That play became famous not so much for its literary content as for its introduction of which word into the English language? Upload Radio Robot Umpteen

10. "It Can't Happen Here" is a story about the rise of Fascism in the United States written by what author of "Arrowsmith" and "Main Street"? William Dean Howells Theodore Dreiser Sinclair Lewis F. Scott Fitzgerald