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1. What 1975 dystopian novel by J.G. Ballard tells the story of a luxury apartment building that descends into chaos and begins with the following line?
"Later, as he sat on his balcony eating the dog, Dr. Robert Laing reflected on the unusual events that had taken place within this huge apartment building during the previous three months."
2. What 1949 dystopian novel by George Orwell tells the story of poor Winston Smith, a guy just trying to survive in a totalitarian regime where Big Brother is always watching?
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
3. What dystopian novel by Kurt Vonnegut tells the story of a future where machines do all the work and begins with the following lines?
"Ilium, New York, is divided into three parts. In the northwest are the managers and engineers and civil servants and a few professional people; in the northeast are the machines; and in the south, across the Iroquois River, is the area known locally as Homestead, where almost all of the people live."
4. What 1925 absurdist novel by Franz Kafka tells the story of Josef K., a man arrested and put on trial by a shadowy authority for a crime no one will explain? It begins with the following line:
"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested."
5. What 1932 dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley tells the story of a "perfect" society where everyone is genetically engineered, blissed out on soma, and totally cool with their assigned roles?
"A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories. Over the main entrance the words, CENTRAL LONDON HATCHERY AND CONDITIONING CENTRE, and, in a shield, the World State's motto, COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY."
6. What 1993 dystopian novel by Octavia E. Butler tells the story of Lauren Olamina, a young woman navigating a crumbling, hyper-violent America while developing her own belief system called Earthseed to cope with the chaos? It begins with the following few sentences:
"I had my recurring dream last night. I guess I should have expected it. It comes to me when I struggle-when I twist on my own personal hook and try to pretend that nothing unusual is happening. It comes to me when I try to be my fathers daughter."
7. What 2006 post-apocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy tells the story of a father and son trudging through a bleak, ash-covered wasteland and begins with the following line?
"When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he'd reach out to touch the child sleeping beside him."
8. What 1935 political satire novel tells the story of a populist demagogue who becomes president and turns the U.S. into a totalitarian nightmare and has the following as its first sentence?
"The handsome dining room of the Hotel Wessex, with its gilded plaster shields and the mural depicting the Green Mountains, had been reserved for the Ladies' Night Dinner of the Fort Beulah Rotary Club."
9. What 1985 dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood tells the story of Offred, a woman trapped in the oppressive Republic of Gilead, where her only value is her ability to bear children and has the following opening lines?
"We slept in what had once been the gymnasium. The floor was of varnished wood, with stripes and circles painted on it, for the games that were formerly played there; the hoops for the basketball nets were still in place, though the nets were gone."
10. What 1953 dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury tells the story of Guy Montag, a fireman whose job is to burn books in a society that's traded knowledge for mindless entertainment and has the following first line?
"It was a pleasure to burn."
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