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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what stage of Tolstoy's life did this major change occur?
(a) Young adulthood.
(b) Old age.
(c) Youth.
(d) Middle age.

2. Overall, how does Orwell feel about "Gulliver's Travels"?
(a) He feels that the books have an important message, but are poorly executed.
(b) He understands, and sympathizes with, Swift's message, but thinks the books are poorly executed.
(c) He likes the books, and has reread them many times.
(d) He is bored by them, and doesn't understand people's fascination with the story.

3. Tolstoy accuses the playwright he is criticizing of having a philosophy similar to whom?
(a) Machiavelli.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Caesar.

4. What crucial element of Shakespeare's works does Tolstoy fail to recognize, according to Orwell?
(a) Shakespeare's lack of education.
(b) The social commentary in Shakespeare's works.
(c) Shakespeare's status as a poet.
(d) The fact that Shakespeare deliberately incorporated flaws into his work.

5. What is the crowd's reaction to the prisoner's chant?
(a) They want him to die quickly.
(b) They begin to feel some compassion for him.
(c) They try to help him escape.
(d) It doesn't seem to have an effect on them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Patients in the narrator's hospital are used for what?

2. Why does Orwell dismiss Tolstoy's criticism?

3. How did the narrator leave the hospital?

4. Tolstoy wrote a biting criticism of what playwright's work?

5. Where did the elephant come from?

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