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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the magistrates and police do after the prisoner's death?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Go back to work.
(c) Pray.
(d) Drink.

2. What has the elephant destroyed?
(a) A.grove of trees, a hut, and a bicycle.
(b) A bamboo hut, some fruit stalls, and a rubbish van.
(c) A cart with vegetables in it.
(d) A newsstand.

3. According to Orwell, what were Smith's religious beliefs?
(a) Swift was a firm believer in the necessity of organized religion.
(b) Swift believed in a higher power, but rejected organized religions.
(c) He was not a religious man.
(d) Swift subscribed to his own form of spirituality.

4. What aspect of "Gulliver's Travels" does Orwell discuss in Chapter 5?
(a) The literary devices used by the author.
(b) The changes in Gulliver's character.
(c) The inconsistency of the plot.
(d) Swift's use of imagery and symbolism.

5. What is Orwell's reasoning for the shifts in Gulliver's character?
(a) Swift wanted a clear demarcation between each part of the story.
(b) Gulliver represented four different people that Swift knew.
(c) Swift identified with Gulliver.
(d) Gulliver had multiple personality disorder.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Orwell's opinion, what does Tolstoy do to the scenes he is presenting?

2. What do the doctors in the narrator's hospital do?

3. What is the crowd's reaction to the prisoner's chant?

4. Of what religion is the prisoner in Chapter 2?

5. In what country is the narrator, in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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