Harrison Bergeron

Detailed questions about the story

Which Amendments caused all the equality in the story?

211th, 212th, and 213th

What was the other factor(other than the Amendments) that led to the total equality?

The unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General

What month did they take Harrison away?

April

True or False: Hazel Bergeron had no handicaps

True

True or False: George’s only handicap was a little mental handicap radio in his ear

False

What did the mental handicap radio do and why?

Send out some sharp noise to keep people from taking unfair advantage of their brains

What were Hazel and George watching on TV?

Ballerinas dancing

What handicaps did the ballerinas have?

They bore sash-weights and bags of birdshot, and had masked faces

Who is the Handicapper General?

Diana Moon Glampers

True or False: Hazel Bergeron had a strong resemblance to the Handicapper General

True

True or False: Hazel would’ve had marching sounds on Sundays if she was the Handicapper General

False

True or False: Hazel wanted for George to bear the handicaps without complaints while George wanted to lighten his load

False

How many pounds of birdshot did George carry?

47

What is the punishment for each lead ball they take out?

Two years in prison and $2000 fine

Why didn’t George want to lighten his load?

He thought they would’ve gone back to the dark ages with competition

What disability to all news announcers have?

A serious speech impediment

How old is Harrison Bergeron?

14

Why was Harrison in jail?

He was held on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government

How tall is Harrison in feet?

7

How many extra pounds did Harrison carry?

300

What handicaps did Harrison have or required to do?

A tremendous pair of earphones, spectacles with thick wavy lenses, scrap metal for weight, a red rubber ball, shaved eyebrows, and black caps over his even white teeth

What interruped the television announcement?

Harrison claiming to be the emperor

How many pounds should the handicap harness straps carry?

5000

What did Harrison do after ripping off his handicaps?

He chose an empress

What did Harrison promise the musicans if they played their best?

He promised to make them barons and dukes and earls

True or False: The musicians only played their best after Harrison had directed them using one of them as a baton

True

True or False: Harrison and his Empress kissed each other then the ceiling

False

What did the Handicapper General do to Harrison?

She shot him and his empress with a double-barreled ten-gauge shotgun

True or False: The musicians were killed by Diana for taking off their handicaps

False

True or False: Hazel and George forgot about Harrison’s death shortly after seeing it on TV

True