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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Orwell, why might athletes try to cheat?
(a) They don't always understand the rules.
(b) They feel they are being discriminated against.
(c) They think it is the only way they will win.
(d) They are afraid of losing their contracts.

2. What sort of bath does the hospital staff give the narrator?
(a) They hand him a bucket of cold water and a washcloth for him to bathe with.
(b) They swab his body with warm damp towels.
(c) They put him in a lukewarm bath.
(d) They put him in five inches of warm water.

3. How is the prisoner going to be executed?
(a) Stoning.
(b) Lethal injection.
(c) Hanging.
(d) Firing squad.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of "Gulliver's Travels" does Orwell discuss in Chapter 5?

2. According to Orwell, what is the reason that people don't read?

3. Where did the elephant come from?

4. According to Burnham, who governs the manners and morals of a given era?

5. What similarity does Orwell find between the Catholic and Communist ideologies?

(see the answer key)

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