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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Orwell, literature is in danger from censorship, and what else?
(a) The corporate sponsorship of writers.
(b) A loss of interest in literature among young adults.
(c) The lack of affordable higher education.
(d) The poor quality of public education.

2. What does Orwell mean by the phrase "verbal false limbs"?
(a) Adding unnecessary phrases to a sentence.
(b) Unnecessary prefixes and suffixes.
(c) Using an incorrect word in place of another.
(d) Unnecessarily turning a word into a phrase.

3. How does Orwell feel about Shakespeare?
(a) He admires what Shakespeare attempted, but dislikes his works.
(b) He likes Shakespeare's characters, but not the plots of his plays.
(c) He likes Shakespeare, but realizes that there are flaws in his work.
(d) He loves his work, and has profound respect for him as an artist.

4. Tolstoy accuses the playwright he is criticizing of having a philosophy similar to whom?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Machiavelli.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Napoleon.

5. Tolstoy wrote a biting criticism of what playwright's work?
(a) Marlowe
(b) Molière.
(c) Aeschylus.
(d) Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orwell say about Tolstoy's conversion?

2. How does Orwell feel about people bonding through sports?

3. According to Orwell, how do international sporting events affect relations between countries?

4. According to Orwell, what do newspapers try to do when reporting on sports events?

5. What is in the prisoner's cell?

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