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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Why I Write.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dickens is not what type of writer?
(a) Emotional.
(b) Revolutionary.
(c) Comic.
(d) Serious.

2. Kipling feels that suppressing and controlling native people is what?
(a) Normal.
(b) Horrible.
(c) Bestial.
(d) Honorable.

3. In one example, Orwell translates a verse from what book into typical bad English?
(a) New Version Bible.
(b) Old Latin Bible.
(c) Christian Bible.
(d) King James Bible.

4. Orwell says that writers are usually vain and what?
(a) Selfless.
(b) Self-centered.
(c) Self-hating.
(d) Self-confidant.

5. How many cartridges does Orwell get with his elephant rifle?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Six,

Short Answer Questions

1. How many shots does Orwell fire before approaching the elephant?

2. When was Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer" published?

3. Dickens believes that what type of children shouldn't have to work long shifts in crushing labor?

4. How did the British feel about Gandhi?

5. Gandhi's methods presupposed that the British regime would react in what type of manner?

(see the answer key)

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