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 Anthony Burgess Margaret Atwood Kurt Vonnegut

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

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? You Her We I

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 except a select few are subject to mandatory sterilization All males must serve as soldiers in a war with an artificially high death rate All members of society must commit suicide when they reach a certain age

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? The Giver Walk Two Moons Maniac Magee 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? Kurt Vonnegut Pierre Boule Harry Harrison William Gibson

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? Radio Upload Umpteen Robot

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"? Theodore Dreiser William Dean Howells F. Scott Fitzgerald Sinclair Lewis