Who is harrison bergeron?

question 1 options:

the handicapper general who enforces equality among the citizens of the united states

a fictional figure that supposedly oversees the government and creates new laws

a famous olympic athlete banished for cheating

a fourteen-year-old male imprisoned for being abnormal who escapes and attempts to overthrow the government

question 2 (1 point) question 2 unsaved
what is the setting of the short story "harrison bergeron"?

question 2 options:

a post-apocalyptic society

present-day world

europe during the middle ages

futuristic united states

question 3 (1 point) question 3 unsaved
"harrison bergeron" follows an evening with which two main characters?

question 3 options:

diana moon glampers and the handicapper agents

george and hazel

george and harrison

harrison and hazel

question 4 (1 point) question 4 unsaved
what conflict is introduced in vonnegut's story?

question 4 options:

george and hazel take off their handicaps in attempt to be normal

the government makes people wear handicaps to enforce equality among citizens

the ballerinas and musicians go on strike during the television broadcast

hazel runs against diana moon glampers for the position of handicapper general

question 5 (1 point) question 5 unsaved
what universal lesson, or theme, does vonnegut present in "harrison bergeron"?

question 5 options:

being unique is not cool

total equality is not realistic or ideal

everyone is created equal

all people should suppress what makes them different

question 6 (1 point) question 6 unsaved
what happens to harrison when he attempts to overthrow the current government?

question 6 options:

he is taken back to jail and given a life sentence

he is put on public display and forced to apologize for his actions

he is killed by diana moon glampers

he is successful and becomes the new emperor

question 7 (1 point) question 7 unsaved
how are hazel and george related to harrison?

question 7 options:

hazel and george have no relation to harrison

hazel and george are harrison's aunt and uncle

hazel and george provide harrison with a place to hide when he escapes from jail

hazel and george are harrison's parents

question 8 (1 point) question 8 unsaved
of the following choices, which is the best word to define the tone of "harrison bergeron"?

question 8 options:

optimistic

serious

joyful

empathetic

question 9 (1 point) question 9 unsaved
why is george forced to wear a weighted collar and transmitter but hazel is not?

question 9 options:

hazel is average where george is exceptional and must be made equal to others

george is a male and only males are subjected to wearing handicaps

george offered to wear hazel's handicaps so that she doesn't have to wear any

hazel is a part of an elite club that gives her the benefit of removing all handicaps

question 10 (1 point) question 10 unsaved
what is the climax of "harrison bergeron"?

question 10 options:

harrison is quickly forgotten by hazel and george

harrison escapes from jail, storms into the ballet studio, and declares himself as the new emperor

george frees himself from his constraints and joins harrison in his rebellion

harrison is arrested and taken to prison for being abnormal