Harrison Bergeron

Harrison Bergeron

Assessment

Assessment

Created by

Nathan MS]

English

8th Grade

98 plays

Medium

Improve your activity

Higher order questions

Match

Reorder

Categorization

Quizizz AI

actions

Add similar questions

Add answer explanations

Translate quiz

Tag questions with standards

More options

30 questions

Show answers

1.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Kurt Vonnegut’s famous short story explores the negative aspects of a “dystopia,” (the opposite of utopia) defined as “an imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror” (American Heritage Dictionary). Vonnegut illustrates how egalitarianism, “a belief in human equality especially with respect to social, political, and economic affairs; a social philosophy advocating the removal of inequalities among people” (Merriam Webster Dictionary). The author depicts the United States in the year 2081 where equality in this futuristic society has been interpreted literally to mean ________.

a. fairness

b. sameness

c. honesty

d. chance

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The story begins with the setting and reveals how “equality” came into being with the 211th, 212th and 213th Amendments to the _______.

a. Emancipation Proclamation

b. Constitution

c. Monroe Doctrine

d. Declaration of Independence

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Choose the evidence that establishes the setting for “Harrison Bergeron?”

a. “All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General.”

b. “Some things about living still weren't quite right, though. April for instance, still drove people crazy by not being springtime.”

c. “If I was Diana Moon Glampers,’ said Hazel, ‘I'd have chimes on Sunday-just chimes. Kind of in honor of religion."

d. “He began to think glimmeringly about his abnormal son who was now in jail, about Harrison, but a twenty-one-gun salute in his head stopped that.”

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

When Harrison Bergeron is “taken away;” his parents, George and Hazel, cannot “think about it very hard. Hazel [has] perfectly average intelligence” and can only think in “___ ___.”

a. short bursts

b. dim light

c. abstract notions

d. black and white

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

George’s intelligence is “way above normal,” and he must wear “a mental handicap radio in his ear at all times.” It is tuned to a _____ transmitter that sends out sharp sounds every twenty seconds.

a. white noise

b. electric shock

c. government

d. hard rock

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

When Hazel comments that the dance on the television is “nice,” George replies, “Yup,” but he actually thinks the ballerinas aren’t “really very good—at least no better than anyone else would have been.” The ballerinas are “burdened with sash weights and bags of ______.”

a. iron cubes

b. birdshot

c. bolts and nails

d. river stones

cartoon woman

Explore this activity with a free account

Find a similar activity

Create activity tailored to your needs using

Quizizz AI
Noun or Verb

20 questions

Noun or Verb

assessment

KG - 1st Grade

Where Does Food Come From?

20 questions

Where Does Food Come From?

assessment

1st Grade

Tier One Words

14 questions

Tier One Words

assessment

KG - 1st Grade

Vowel Teams

15 questions

Vowel Teams

assessment

1st Grade

Pronouns

19 questions

Pronouns

lesson

1st - 2nd Grade

Digraphs

15 questions

Digraphs

assessment

1st Grade

Love You Forever

12 questions

Love You Forever

assessment

KG - 1st Grade