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Question 4 • ELA 11B-CR

Vonnegut uses satire to expose which societal folly?

Answer
A
society’s lack of law and order
B
society’s fear of people who are beautiful
C
society’s obsession with equality

Explanation

In Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron,” the government enforces equality by handicapping people who are especially intelligent, strong, or attractive. The satire criticizes society’s obsession with making everyone equal by suppressing individual talents and differences. So the correct choice is “society’s obsession with equality.”

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