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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Burnham was influenced by what political writer?
(a) Thomas Aquinas.
(b) Machiavelli.
(c) Immanuel Kant.
(d) Gandhi.

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

3. What is Orwell's reasoning for the shifts in Gulliver's character?
(a) Gulliver had multiple personality disorder.
(b) Swift wanted a clear demarcation between each part of the story.
(c) Swift identified with Gulliver.
(d) Gulliver represented four different people that Swift knew.

4. What does Orwell compare athletes to?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Automobiles.
(c) Chess pieces.
(d) Machines.

5. How does Orwell propose to aid the English language?
(a) To address the issue to teachers of the language.
(b) To inject clear thinking into the process aiding readers in fundamental remedies.
(c) He does not think there is anything that can be done.
(d) To appeal to writers of grammar books and dictionaries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the elephant come from?

2. How does Gulliver believe science should be used?

3. What does Orwell refer to as the era of great murder mystery literature?

4. The fourth speaker, in Chapter 8, defended the purges in what country?

5. How does Orwell feel about winning by cheating?

(see the answer key)

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