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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, how would reviews be handled in an ideal world?
(a) Ordinary people would write reviews and share them with one another.
(b) There wouldn't be any reviews.
(c) The number of works being reviewed would be greatly restricted.
(d) More people would write reviews, so that each reviewer wouldn't have to do as much work.

2. What crucial element of Shakespeare's works does Tolstoy fail to recognize, according to Orwell?
(a) Shakespeare's lack of education.
(b) The fact that Shakespeare deliberately incorporated flaws into his work.
(c) The social commentary in Shakespeare's works.
(d) Shakespeare's status as a poet.

3. What creature intervenes as the prisoner is being led to his execution?
(a) A scorpion.
(b) A stray dog.
(c) A stray cat.
(d) An elephant.

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

5. What does Orwell say is the sole purpose of a metaphor?
(a) To supply one thing with the attributes of another.
(b) To explain an association between two things
(c) To call up a visual image.
(d) To further the point of the writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of John Milton's pamphlet that Orwell mentions in Chapter 8?

2. Tolstoy wrote a biting criticism of what playwright's work?

3. What is the narrator's profession?

4. What does the creature do as the prisoner is being led to his execution?

5. What does Orwell feel can help to reverse the downward trend of the English language?

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