Dystopia / Utopia

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Dystopia

What is a dystopia?

What is the connection between Science Fiction and Dystopian novels?

What does the word dystopia literally mean?

1. Distant place
2. Not-good place
3. Non-existent place

Of these dystopian works, which was written earliest?

1. The Iron Heel
2. Brave New World
3. Gulliver's Travels

Which of these events was NOT a major influence on dystopian fiction?

1. The Protestant Reformation
2. The Industrial Revolution
3. World War II

What was disturbing about the future world of "The Time Machine"?

1. A nuclear apocalypse rendering the world barely habitable
2. Economic inequality resulting in separate species of humans
3. Time travel destroying the fabric of the universe

What was Orwell trying to critique in his novel "1984"?

1. Communism
2. Capitalism
3. Propaganda

Uniformity / Sameness

No free will / surveillance

Corrupt government / propaganda

Segregation / Unequal power

Perfect exterior hides evil secret

Unexpected hero

Take the test in the link on the next slide to find out which dystopia you will live in. Write down the type of dystopia you got. Then explain what you would like and dislike about this specific type of dystopia.

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Which dystopia did you get?

On the next slide you find another quiz about the dystopia you belong in. Write down which dystopia you got and what you would like and dislike about this type of dystopia.

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Which dystopia did you get?