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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The subject of Chapter 14 reviews what?
(a) Songs.
(b) Movies.
(c) Plays.
(d) Books.

2. In "The Managerial Revolution", what does Burnham say about capitalism?
(a) That it is dying, and will be replaced with communism.
(b) That it will only survive if it changes to accommodate social classes.
(c) That it is dying, and will be replaced with a socialist pyramid.
(d) That it is alive and well.

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

4. How much does Orwell think the managerial revolution, which Burnham writes about, has influenced the United States?
(a) Very little.
(b) Not at all.
(c) Some.
(d) A lot.

5. According to Burnham, what place do workers occupy in the new socialist structure?
(a) They are near the top of the pyramid.
(b) They are somewhere in the middle of the pyramid.
(c) They are semi-slaves, who are at the bottom of the pyramid.
(d) Burnham does not discuss the socialist position of workers, only managers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gulliver disapproves of what sort of knowledge, according to Orwell?

2. According to Orwell, what is the basis for Burnham's political predictions?

3. Orwell feels that Swift, through "Gulliver's Travels", is attacking what sort of government structure?

4. How does Gulliver believe science should be used?

5. What does Burnham write about Stalin?

(see the answer key)

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