Political Dystopian and Utopian Fiction
Political Dystopian and Utopian Fiction Quiz
Questions
In George Orwell's novel (1984), what is the name of the totalitarian government that controls Oceania?
- The Party
- Big Brother
- The Ministry of Truth
- The Thought Police
In Aldous Huxley's novel (Brave New World), what is the name of the drug that is used to control the population?
- Soma
- Euphoria
- Tranquility
- Serenity
In Ursula K. Le Guin's novel (The Dispossessed), what is the name of the anarchist society that is located on the moon?
- Anarchis
- Urras
- Anarres
- Terra
In Margaret Atwood's novel (The Handmaid's Tale), what is the name of the totalitarian regime that has taken over the United States?
- The Republic of Gilead
- The United States of America
- The New World Order
- The Christian Dominion
In Ray Bradbury's novel (Fahrenheit 451), what is the name of the dystopian society where books are banned?
- Fahrenheit 451
- The Fireman
- The Book Burner
- The Censor
In William Gibson's novel (Neuromancer), what is the name of the cyberspace matrix that connects the world's computers?
- The Matrix
- The Net
- The Web
- The Grid
In Neal Stephenson's novel (Snow Crash), what is the name of the virtual reality world that people can access through their computers?
- The Metaverse
- The Matrix
- The Web
- The Grid
In Octavia Butler's novel (Parable of the Sower), what is the name of the community that Lauren Olamina founds in order to escape the chaos of the outside world?
- Earthseed
- Acorn
- The Farm
- The Village
In Kim Stanley Robinson's novel (Aurora), what is the name of the generation ship that is sent on a centuries-long journey to a distant star system?
- Aurora
- Genesis
- Discovery
- Enterprise
In N.K. Jemisin's novel (The Fifth Season), what is the name of the cataclysmic event that occurs every few centuries, causing widespread destruction?
- The Fifth Season
- The Great Quake
- The Cataclysm
- The Apocalypse
In Margaret Atwood's novel (Oryx and Crake), what is the name of the genetically engineered creature that is created by Crake?
- Oryx
- Crake
- Jimmy
- Glenn
In Kazuo Ishiguro's novel (Never Let Me Go), what is the name of the boarding school where the clones are raised?
- Hailsham
- Norfolk
- Suffolk
- Essex
In Cormac McCarthy's novel (The Road), what is the name of the man who is traveling with his son through the post-apocalyptic wasteland?
- The Man
- The Father
- The Son
- The Wanderer
In Emily St. John Mandel's novel (Station Eleven), what is the name of the traveling theater troupe that performs Shakespeare's plays in the post-apocalyptic world?
- The Traveling Symphony
- The Players
- The Actors
- The Performers
In Jeff VanderMeer's novel (Annihilation), what is the name of the mysterious and dangerous area that is located in the Southern Reach?
- Area X
- The Shimmer
- The Anomaly
- The Zone