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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tolstoy accuses the playwright he is criticizing of having a philosophy similar to whom?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Machiavelli.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Caesar.

2. What does Burnham write about Stalin?
(a) He is brilliant and misunderstood.
(b) He is a sham, who must be overthrown.
(c) He is less than ideal, but still a competent leader.
(d) He is a necessary and logical continuation from Lenin.

3. What similarity does Orwell find between the Catholic and Communist ideologies?
(a) Both appoint a leader without the input of the followers.
(b) Both are based on an idea that sounds much better until it is put into practice.
(c) Both refuse to acknowledge the honesty and intellectual capability of their opponents.
(d) Both provide harsh punishments for dissenters.

4. According to Burnham, what place do workers occupy in the new socialist structure?
(a) Burnham does not discuss the socialist position of workers, only managers.
(b) They are somewhere in the middle of the pyramid.
(c) They are near the top of the pyramid.
(d) They are semi-slaves, who are at the bottom of the pyramid.

5. Chapter 12 begins with a description of the life cycle of what animal?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Toad.
(c) Gnat.
(d) Squirrel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orwell compare athletes to?

2. How many reviews does the person in Chapter 14 write per year?

3. What was Thibaw's legacy in Mandalay?

4. In Orwell's ideal world, how would the quality of each work be reflected in its reviews?

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

(see the answer key)

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