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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which play did Tolstoy criticize most harshly?
(a) "The Misanthrope".
(b) "Romeo and Juliet".
(c) "Dr. Faustus".
(d) "King Lear".

2. What is the symbol of Gulliver's aging?
(a) His hair, which is turning grey.
(b) His spectacles.
(c) His cane.
(d) His arthritic hands.

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

4. What does the narrator call the hospital?
(a) "Nurse Ratchet's wing."
(b) "The Tomb."
(c) "Hopital X."
(d) "L'hopital du mort."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the elephant come from?

3. In what stage of Tolstoy's life did this major change occur?

4. Death, at the narrator's hospital, is personified by a patient who finds what activity difficult and painful?

5. Overall, how does Orwell feel about "Gulliver's Travels"?

(see the answer key)

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