Question

Which word best describes the society described in the story?

Question 22 options:

Free


Tolerant


Repressive

Question 23 (1 point)
Which word best describes the mood of the Bergeron household?

Question 23 options:

Subdued


Overwhelming


Inspiring


Restless

Question 24 (1 point)
“THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren't only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else.” How is the word “equality” used in “Harrison Bergeron”?

Question 24 options:

to signify our common ground as human beings


to show that race doesn't matter


to mean that class doesn't matter


to mean that people are the same in every possible way

Question 25 (1 point)
“The television program was suddenly interrupted for a news bulletin. It wasn't clear at first as to what the bulletin was about, since the announcer, like all announcers, had a serious speech impediment. For about half a minute, and in a state of high excitement, the announcer tried to say, "Ladies and Gentlemen." He finally gave up, handed the bulletin to a ballerina to read. The word impediment means

Question 25 options:

Obstacle


Loud voice


Bad timing


Fungus

Question 26 (1 point)
In this story, people with above-average intelligence have to



Question 26 options:

Watch a lot of television every night


Marry someone with less intelligence


Report weekly to the Handicapper General


Wear mental-handicap transmitters

Question 27 (1 point)
Based on the number of handicaps Harrison wears, you can conclude he is



Question 27 options:

the same as everyone else


dangerous to others in society


above average in many ways


glad he doesn’t live at home

Question 28 (1 point)
What did Harrison Bergeron proclaim to the people at the television studio?

Question 28 options:

Hooah!


I am the Emperor!


I have stormed the castle. Bow down to me!

Question 29 (1 point)
What is the shedding of Harrison’s handicaps symbolic of?

Question 29 options:

Freedom


Restriction


Responsibility


Suppression

Answer 1

to mean that people are the same in every possible way

Step-by-step explanation:

this one goes to question 24. equality in this sense means that people are the same in every possible way