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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orwell worries that liberty cannot exist without what?
(a) Liberty of thought.
(b) Censorship of expression.
(c) Its opposite - oppression.
(d) Laws that protect the populace.

2. According to Orwell, what word best describes Tolstoy's criticisms?
(a) Indirect.
(b) Prejudiced.
(c) Obsolete.
(d) Inconsistent.

3. What is the subject of Gulliver's ranting in the second book of "Gulliver's Travels"?
(a) Aging.
(b) England.
(c) Organized religion.
(d) His children.

4. According to Orwell, how do international sporting events affect relations between countries?
(a) They make them worse.
(b) They make them better.
(c) They have no effect.
(d) They worsen relations between citizens, but improve relations between leaders.

5. Orwell begins Chapter 8 with a meeting of what club?
(a) The 4-H Club.
(b) The Lions Club.
(c) The Rotary Club.
(d) The P.E.N. Club.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has the elephant destroyed?

3. How does Orwell describe the ideal murderer, in a murder story?

4. Of what religion is the prisoner in Chapter 2?

5. How does the elephant die?

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