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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gulliver believe science should be used?
(a) To wield power over those who aren't educated.
(b) As a mental exercise.
(c) To prove that some religious beliefs are absurd.
(d) For practical applications, like technology, that improve the welfare of all.

2. According to Orwell, how does Gandhi compare to other politicians of his time?
(a) He didn't focus on the same issues.
(b) He accomplished much more.
(c) He left a remarkably "clean smell" behind.
(d) He didn't accomplish as much.

3. What is Orwell's reasoning for the shifts in Gulliver's character?
(a) Gulliver represented four different people that Swift knew.
(b) Swift identified with Gulliver.
(c) Swift wanted a clear demarcation between each part of the story.
(d) Gulliver had multiple personality disorder.

4. What relationship does Orwell establish between freedom for political writers, and non-political ones?
(a) Freedom for political writers does not affect freedom for non-political ones.
(b) Freedom for non-political writers does not affect freedom for political ones.
(c) Orwell doesn't establish a relationship between the two.
(d) The two freedoms go hand in hand.

5. According to Gulliver, scientists should not concern themselves with what area of thought?
(a) Politics.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Religion.
(d) Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the substance of the second speaker's argument, in Chapter 8?

2. What sort of bath does the hospital staff give the narrator?

3. Which play did Tolstoy criticize most harshly?

4. What does Orwell feel can help to reverse the downward trend of the English language?

5. What does the creature do as the prisoner is being led to his execution?

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