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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the elephant come from?
(a) It had escaped from the zoo.
(b) It was released in the town by someone who wanted to destroy the bazaar.
(c) It was wild, and found its way into the town.
(d) It was domesticated.

2. In Orwell's opinion, what does Tolstoy do to the scenes he is presenting?
(a) He misquotes them.
(b) He misunderstands them.
(c) He takes them out of context.
(d) He distorts them.

3. How do the police and magistrates feel after the prisoner's death?
(a) Elated.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Angry.
(d) Apathetic.

4. Orwell feels that Swift, through "Gulliver's Travels", is attacking what sort of government structure?
(a) Oligarchy.
(b) Aristocracy.
(c) Totalitarianism.
(d) Democracy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator hesitate to kill the elephant?

2. Of what religion is the prisoner in Chapter 2?

3. What do the magistrates and police do after the prisoner's death?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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