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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people were killed by the elephant while it was rampaging?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

2. What does Orwell say about Tolstoy's conversion?
(a) He only exchanged one form of egotism for another.
(b) He never converted; it was a rumor.
(c) He was swayed by false prophets.
(d) He did it to better his reputation, not because his belief was sincere.

3. What does the creature do as the prisoner is being led to his execution?
(a) Rampages through the crowd of spectators.
(b) Stings the attending guard.
(c) Jumps up and tries to lick the prisoner's face.
(d) Bites the executioner.

4. What treatment is described as a spectator sport on the ward?
(a) Cold baths.
(b) Cupping.
(c) The application of mustard poultices.
(d) Leeching.

5. How does the elephant die?
(a) It kills two people before finally collapsing.
(b) It doesn't die, it escapes.
(c) It dies quickly and painlessly.
(d) It is shot twice but dies slowly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In this story, Burma is a colony of what empire?

2. How do the hospital staff sterilize their equipment between patients?

3. Orwell feels that Swift, through "Gulliver's Travels", is attacking what sort of government structure?

4. What aspect of "Gulliver's Travels" does Orwell discuss in Chapter 5?

5. Patients in the narrator's hospital are used for what?

(see the answer key)

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