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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 Gulliver, scientists should not concern themselves with what area of thought?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Politics.
(c) Religion.
(d) Philosophy.

2. According to Orwell, how did Swift offend Queen Anne?
(a) By criticizing a law passed by Parliament.
(b) By greeting her inappropriately when he met her.
(c) By writing a pamphlet that criticized dissenters from the church.
(d) By writing a satirical piece that made fun of the English government.

3. In what stage of Tolstoy's life did this major change occur?
(a) Old age.
(b) Middle age.
(c) Young adulthood.
(d) Youth.

4. Burnham predicted that what nation would be victorious in World War II?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) Japan.
(d) Russia.

5. According to Orwell, what is the primary purpose of language?
(a) Expanding knowledge.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Evoking feeling.
(d) Straightforward communication.

Short Answer Questions

1. What helped to change Orwell's opinions of Gandhi?

2. Death, at the narrator's hospital, is personified by a patient who finds what activity difficult and painful?

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

4. What is the best motive for a compelling murder mystery, according to Orwell?

5. In this story, Burma is a colony of what empire?

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