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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Orwell, when is the best time to read a good murder mystery?
(a) Saturday evening.
(b) Friday evening.
(c) Sunday afternoon.
(d) Saturday morning.

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

3. What is the name of John Milton's pamphlet that Orwell mentions in Chapter 8?
(a) "Apocalyptica".
(b) "Autonomica".
(c) "Areopagitica".
(d) "Aeronautica".

4. How does Orwell feel about Burnham, and his methods of prophesying?
(a) He has good intentions, but is misguided.
(b) He is a con artist.
(c) He is cowardly, and mentally imbalanced.
(d) His prophecies are based on good evidence, but they are misinterpreted.

5. According to Tolstoy, Shakespeare's great reputation was propagated by whom?
(a) Italian scholars.
(b) English noblemen.
(c) German professors.
(d) American writers.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Orwell, what flaw is apparent in all of the examples of "bad English" that he presents in Chapter 6?

2. What treatment is described as a spectator sport on the ward?

3. How is the Burmese jail described?

4. In principle, with whom does the narrator side?

5. How did the narrator leave the hospital?

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