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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the magistrates and police convene after the prisoner's death?
(a) At the local tavern.
(b) On the side of town opposite the gallows.
(c) Close to the location of the corpse.
(d) They don't convene, they all go to their own homes.

2. In what country is the narrator, in Chapter 3?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) Burma.
(d) France.

3. How do the police and magistrates feel after the prisoner's death?
(a) Apathetic.
(b) Elated.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Angry.

4. The fourth speaker, in Chapter 8, defended the purges in what country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Italy.
(c) Israel.
(d) Pakistan.

5. According to Orwell, what is the primary purpose of language?
(a) Straightforward communication.
(b) Evoking feeling.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Expanding knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the elephant die?

2. What aspect of "Gulliver's Travels" does Orwell discuss in Chapter 5?

3. According to Orwell, what were Smith's religious beliefs?

4. What two groups does Orwell name as an example of people for whom Satyagraha would be an ineffective political tool?

5. The third speaker, in Chapter 8, attacked what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Orwell say about the general trend of the English language?

2. What link does Orwell establish between freedom of the press, and other forms of liberty?

3. How does Orwell describe the prisoner?

4. How does Orwell describe the book reviewer in Chapter 14?

5. Under what circumstances does Orwell think it is possible to have a friendly sports game, and why?

6. What relationship exists between Orwell and the Burmese natives?

7. What is Tolstoy's main target in his Shakespearean criticisms, and why?

8. What is Orwell's recommendation to the reader in Chapter 13?

9. According to Tolstoy, how did Shakespeare get such a grand reputation?

10. What scene does Orwell describe as the setting for reading a good murder mystery?

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