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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the prisoner behaving, as he is marching to his death?
(a) He walks with dignity.
(b) He begs for mercy.
(c) He quietly attempts to bribe the guard.
(d) He tries to attack his guards and escape.

2. According to Gulliver, scientists should not concern themselves with what area of thought?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Politics.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Religion.

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

4. Why does the narrator eventually shoot the elephant?
(a) Because he wants to collect the reward.
(b) Because he doesn't want anyone else to get hurt.
(c) The angry crowd doesn't really give him a choice.
(d) Because it is his job.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness does the narrator have, in Chapter 3?

2. What has the elephant destroyed?

3. How is the prisoner going to be executed?

4. What does the narrator call the hospital?

5. How is the Burmese jail described?

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