Titles and Authors
Title of our story by Ursula K Le Guin.
What is "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"?
Masked revolutionary who opposes the Norsefire regime.
Who is V?
Famous landmark that V destroys at the beginning of the film.
What is the Old Bailey?
Said "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."
Who is V?
An ethical theory that prioritises the good of the many over the good of the few.
What is utilitarianism?
Author of "2BR02B".
Who is Kurt Vonnegut?
Who is Edward K Wehling Jr?
In "2BR02B"'s world, the conditions that must be met to have a child.
What is finding someone else to die in their place?
In "2BR02B", everything was __________ ______."
What is "perfectly swell"?
"2BR02B" is an example of this kind of technique.
What is Juvenalian satire?
Said, "We could have saved the Earth, but we were too damned cheap and lazy."
Who is Kurt Vonnegut?
Creator of the government gas chambers and one of their workers.
Who are Dr Hitz and Leora Duncan?
The event taking place at the start of "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas".
What is the Festival of Summer?
Missing world in "They all understand that their _________ depends wholly on this child's abominable misery."
What is "happiness"?
Lighting technique used in "V for Vendetta" that shows a strong contrast between light and dark.
What is chiaroscuro?
Two decades in which our short stories were written.
What are the 1960s and the 1970s?
Mask-wearing minor who is murdered by a Fingerman.
Who is Glasses Girl?
People killed by Edward Wehling.
Who are Dr Hitz, Leora Duncan and Edward Wehling?
Said "I shall die here. Every inch of me shall perish. Every inch but one." and "For three years I had roses, and apologised to no-one."
Who is Valerie?
The worlds in both short stories at first appear to be ________ but turn out to be _____________.
What is utopian and dystopian?
Director of the film and writer of the graphic novel versions of "V for Vendetta".
Who are James McTeigue and Alan Moore?
A secretly gay tv host, a disillusioned detective, an imprisoned actress and the head of the secret police.
Who are Gordon, Finch, Valerie and Creedy?
How Evey's brother died at St Mary's school and who was responsible.
What is a virus released by the government?
Response to, "Why won't you die"? (must be word perfect)
What is "Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof."
"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" can be described as a ________________ of ______________ and a _________ ____________.
What is an allegory of capitalism and a thought experiment?