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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Orwell propose to aid the English language?
(a) To address the issue to teachers of the language.
(b) To inject clear thinking into the process aiding readers in fundamental remedies.
(c) To appeal to writers of grammar books and dictionaries.
(d) He does not think there is anything that can be done.

2. Orwell feels that Swift, through "Gulliver's Travels", is attacking what sort of government structure?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Oligarchy.
(c) Aristocracy.
(d) Totalitarianism.

3. Orwell remarks that no one ever plants what type of tree?
(a) Walnut.
(b) Maple.
(c) Oak.
(d) Apple.

4. How do the Burmese treat the narrator?
(a) They harass and insult him whenever they can.
(b) They are respectful and grateful to him.
(c) They are respectful to his face, but sneer at him behind his back.
(d) They are openly violent at times.

5. According to Orwell, what was Gandhi's youth like?
(a) He was the same as he was in adult life.
(b) He didn't care about politics, and was pro-war.
(c) He committed small sins.
(d) He was a criminal, and committed many sins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the name of Gandhi's political policy, "Satyagraha," mean?

2. How does Orwell feel about Gandhi's involvement in politics?

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

4. How does Orwell feel about scientific words and foreign phrases?

5. What does the narrator call the hospital?

(see the answer key)

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