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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Managerial Revolution", what does Burnham say about capitalism?
(a) That it is alive and well.
(b) That it is dying, and will be replaced with communism.
(c) That it is dying, and will be replaced with a socialist pyramid.
(d) That it will only survive if it changes to accommodate social classes.

2. According to Orwell, what do newspapers try to do when reporting on sports events?
(a) Cover up the enmity between opposing sides.
(b) Make their team look good.
(c) Incite fans.
(d) Report as accurately as possible.

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

4. How were the nurses in the hospital described?
(a) The hospital had no nurses, only a few overburdened doctors.
(b) Incapable and unsanitary.
(c) Compassionate, but incompetent.
(d) Capable, but uncaring.

5. How does Orwell feel about Jack the Ripper?
(a) He committed "perfect" murders, worthy of being turned into literature.
(b) He thinks he was a fraud.
(c) He thinks he was sloppy, and just got lucky in not being caught.
(d) He thinks it was actually a group of people committing the murders.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Orwell, what are the feelings between two teams in a sporting event?

2. What object is linked to the Vicar of Bray?

3. What kind of person would be Orwell's ideal murder-mystery protagonist?

4. In principle, with whom does the narrator side?

5. What does Burnham write about the atrocities Stalin committed?

(see the answer key)

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