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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 does Gulliver change from part two to part three of "Gulliver's Travels"?
(a) He develops an appreciation for his home and family, which he previously lacked.
(b) He decides to make the most of the time he has, rather than sulking about getting old.
(c) He appears to have a higher social standing, as evidenced by consorting with educated men of political standing.
(d) He resigns himself to the aging process, and makes peace with the idea of being old.

2. Death, at the narrator's hospital, is personified by a patient who finds what activity difficult and painful?
(a) Urinating.
(b) Walking.
(c) Eating.
(d) Bathing.

3. What has the elephant destroyed?
(a) A bamboo hut, some fruit stalls, and a rubbish van.
(b) A cart with vegetables in it.
(c) A newsstand.
(d) A.grove of trees, a hut, and a bicycle.

4. How is the Burmese jail described?
(a) Wet and unsanitary.
(b) Old and musty.
(c) Spacious and institutional.
(d) Small and dank.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the narrator working?

2. What is the subject of Gulliver's ranting in the second book of "Gulliver's Travels"?

3. What creature intervenes as the prisoner is being led to his execution?

4. What treatment is described as a spectator sport on the ward?

5. What sort of bath does the hospital staff give the narrator?

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