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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Orwell refer to as the era of great murder mystery literature?
(a) "Golden Age."
(b) "Renaissance."
(c) "Dark Ages."
(d) "Elizabethan period."
2. What similarity does Orwell find between the Catholic and Communist ideologies?
(a) Both refuse to acknowledge the honesty and intellectual capability of their opponents.
(b) Both appoint a leader without the input of the followers.
(c) Both are based on an idea that sounds much better until it is put into practice.
(d) Both provide harsh punishments for dissenters.
3. How did Gandhi feel about Satyagraha?
(a) He believed that people who utilized Satyagraha could accomplish anything.
(b) He believed in it, but was aware of its limitations.
(c) He did not really believe in it, but professed it because otherwise his followers would resort to drastic measures.
(d) He did not believe in it, but professed it because it attracted a certain kind of person to be his follower.
4. In "The Managerial Revolution", what does Burnham say about capitalism?
(a) That it is alive and well.
(b) That it will only survive if it changes to accommodate social classes.
(c) That it is dying, and will be replaced with communism.
(d) That it is dying, and will be replaced with a socialist pyramid.
5. According to Orwell, what do newspapers try to do when reporting on sports events?
(a) Report as accurately as possible.
(b) Make their team look good.
(c) Cover up the enmity between opposing sides.
(d) Incite fans.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is the narrator working?
2. Orwell says, in Chapter 12, that he has occasionally found what in summer?
3. How does Orwell describe Gandhi's political solutions?
4. Why does Orwell dismiss Tolstoy's criticism?
5. How does Orwell feel about Burnham, and his methods of prophesying?
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