Dystopian Fiction Quiz

Question 1

A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions.

Answer 1

Utopia

Question 2

A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control.

Answer 2

Dystopia

Question 3

Dystopias, through an exaggerated worst-case scenario, make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system.

Answer 3

How does dystopian fiction inspire the world to change?

Question 4

Corporate control

Answer 4

One or more large corporations control society through products, advertising, and/or the media.

Question 5

Bureaucratic/Government Control

Answer 5

Society is controlled by a mindless bureaucracy through a tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent government officials.

Question 6

Technological control

Answer 6

Society is controlled by technology—through computers, robots, and/or scientific means.

Question 7

Philosophical/Religious control

Answer 7

Society is controlled by philosophical or religious ideology often enforced through a dictatorship or theocratic government.

Question 8

Citizens live in a dehumanized state and the natural world is banished and distrusted.

Answer 8

Characteristic of a Dystopian Society

Question 9

Citizens have a fear of the outside world.

Answer 9

Characteristic of a Dystopian Society

Question 10

A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society.

Answer 10

Characteristic of a Dystopian Society

Question 11

Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society.

Answer 11

Characteristic of a Dystopian Society

Question 12

Society is controlled by philosophical or religious ideology often enforced through a dictatorship or theocratic government.

Answer 12

Philosophical/Religious Control

Question 13

Society is controlled by a mindless bureaucracy through a tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent government officials.

Answer 13

Bureaucratic/Government Control

Question 14

Society is controlled by technology. though computers, robots, and/or scientific means.

Answer 14

Technological Control

Question 15

One or more large corporations control society through products, advertising, and/or the media.

Answer 15

Corporate Control

Question 16

Helps the audience recognize the negative aspects of the dystopian world through their perspective.

Answer 16

Description of a Dystopian Protagonist

Question 17

Believes or feels that something is terribly wrong with the society in which they live.

Answer 17

Description of a Dystopian Protagonist

Question 18

Questions the existing social and political systems.

Answer 18

Description of a Dystopian Protagonist

Question 19

Often feels trapped and is struggling to escape.

Answer 19

Description of a Dystopian Protagonist

Question 20

The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world.

Answer 20

Characteristic of a Dystopian Society

Question 21

Citizens conform to uniform expectations. Individuality and dissent are bad.

Answer 21

Characteristic of a Dystopian Society

Question 22

Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance.

Answer 22

Characteristic of a Dystopian Society

Question 23

Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted.

Answer 23

Characteristic of a Dystopian Society

Question 24

Through an exaggerated worst-case scenario, make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system.

Answer 24

Dystopia

Question 25

A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control.

Answer 25

Dystopia

Question 26

A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions.

Answer 26

Utopia