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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the magistrates and police convene after the prisoner's death?
(a) On the side of town opposite the gallows.
(b) At the local tavern.
(c) They don't convene, they all go to their own homes.
(d) Close to the location of the corpse.

2. How many works is the person in Chapter 14 attempting to review?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

3. How do the Burmese treat the narrator?
(a) They harass and insult him whenever they can.
(b) They are openly violent at times.
(c) They are respectful to his face, but sneer at him behind his back.
(d) They are respectful and grateful to him.

4. Patients in the narrator's hospital are used for what?
(a) Observation.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Experimentation.

5. To Orwell, freedom of the press means the liberty to do what?
(a) Express personal opinions.
(b) Criticize and oppose.
(c) Put a spin on the story, as long as the facts are correct.
(d) Report anything, whether it is true or not.

Short Answer Questions

1. Burnham was influenced by what political writer?

2. According to Orwell, how would reviews be handled in an ideal world?

3. Where did the elephant come from?

4. The subject of Chapter 14 reviews what?

5. According to Tolstoy, Shakespeare's great reputation was propagated by whom?

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