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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Orwell, how did Swift offend Queen Anne?
(a) By criticizing a law passed by Parliament.
(b) By writing a satirical piece that made fun of the English government.
(c) By writing a pamphlet that criticized dissenters from the church.
(d) By greeting her inappropriately when he met her.

2. What does the prisoner begin to chant as he walks?
(a) A Hindu prayer for salvation.
(b) The names of his family members.
(c) Nonsense words.
(d) The name of the god, Ram.

3. What change has occurred for the narrator, in Chapter 3?
(a) He has been imprisoned.
(b) He has been demoted.
(c) He has been reassigned.
(d) He has gone from being the oppressor, to being the victim.

4. According to Tolstoy, Shakespeare's great reputation was propagated by whom?
(a) American writers.
(b) German professors.
(c) English noblemen.
(d) Italian scholars.

5. How did the narrator leave the hospital?
(a) Once his condition was stable, he was moved to another facility.
(b) He fled before his time was up, and without an official discharge.
(c) He left fully recovered with a doctor's discharge.
(d) He transferred to another hospital, to be under the care of his own doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Orwell feel about Shakespeare?

2. What does the narrator call the hospital?

3. What crucial element of Shakespeare's works does Tolstoy fail to recognize, according to Orwell?

4. Gulliver disapproves of what sort of knowledge, according to Orwell?

5. How does Gulliver believe science should be used?

(see the answer key)

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