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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What crucial element of Shakespeare's works does Tolstoy fail to recognize, according to Orwell?
(a) Shakespeare's status as a poet.
(b) Shakespeare's lack of education.
(c) The social commentary in Shakespeare's works.
(d) The fact that Shakespeare deliberately incorporated flaws into his work.
2. According to Orwell, how does Gulliver change from part two to part three of "Gulliver's Travels"?
(a) He resigns himself to the aging process, and makes peace with the idea of being old.
(b) He develops an appreciation for his home and family, which he previously lacked.
(c) He appears to have a higher social standing, as evidenced by consorting with educated men of political standing.
(d) He decides to make the most of the time he has, rather than sulking about getting old.
3. How is the Burmese jail described?
(a) Old and musty.
(b) Wet and unsanitary.
(c) Spacious and institutional.
(d) Small and dank.
4. What do the doctors in the narrator's hospital do?
(a) Travel from one target patient to the next, ignoring the other patients who are suffering.
(b) Intervene in only the most critical situations.
(c) Make the terminally ill patients as comfortable as possible.
(d) Triage the patients, starting with the most critically injured.
5. How do the hospital staff sterilize their equipment between patients?
(a) They dip the tools in rubbing alcohol.
(b) They use an autoclave.
(c) They boil the tools.
(d) They don't.
Short Answer Questions
1. Orwell feels that Swift, through "Gulliver's Travels", is attacking what sort of government structure?
2. What is the symbol of Gulliver's aging?
3. The narrator is a citizen of what country?
4. According to Orwell, what word best describes Tolstoy's criticisms?
5. Where is the narrator working?
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