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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What illness does the narrator have, in Chapter 3?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Pneumonia.

2. Why does the narrator hesitate to kill the elephant?
(a) He feels compassion for it.
(b) It is a large and expensive piece of machinery.
(c) He is afraid of the repercussions from the angry crowd.
(d) He doesn't want to lose face.

3. How does Gulliver believe science should be used?
(a) To prove that some religious beliefs are absurd.
(b) For practical applications, like technology, that improve the welfare of all.
(c) As a mental exercise.
(d) To wield power over those who aren't educated.

4. What crucial element of Shakespeare's works does Tolstoy fail to recognize, according to Orwell?
(a) The fact that Shakespeare deliberately incorporated flaws into his work.
(b) The social commentary in Shakespeare's works.
(c) Shakespeare's status as a poet.
(d) Shakespeare's lack of education.

5. In this story, Burma is a colony of what empire?
(a) The Japanese Empire.
(b) The American Empire.
(c) The Russian Empire.
(d) The British Empire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Patients in the narrator's hospital are used for what?

2. Where is the narrator working?

3. How is the Burmese jail described?

4. According to Gulliver, scientists should not concern themselves with what area of thought?

5. What is the narrator's profession?

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