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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Orwell, what is the primary purpose of language?
(a) Evoking feeling.
(b) Expanding knowledge.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Straightforward communication.

3. What book does Orwell quote to support his argument against Satyagraha?
(a) "Gulliver's Travels".
(b) "Gandhi and Stalin".
(c) "King Lear".
(d) "1984".

4. What creature intervenes as the prisoner is being led to his execution?
(a) A scorpion.
(b) A stray dog.
(c) A stray cat.
(d) An elephant.

5. How do the police and magistrates feel after the prisoner's death?
(a) Elated.
(b) Angry.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Apathetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Orwell dismiss Tolstoy's criticism?

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

3. How does Gulliver believe science should be used?

4. In principle, with whom does the narrator side?

5. Where is the narrator working?

(see the answer key)

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