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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What illness does the narrator have, in Chapter 3?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Cancer.

2. What is Orwell's reasoning for the shifts in Gulliver's character?
(a) Swift wanted a clear demarcation between each part of the story.
(b) Gulliver represented four different people that Swift knew.
(c) Gulliver had multiple personality disorder.
(d) Swift identified with Gulliver.

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

4. What is Orwell's problem with phrases like "swan song"?
(a) It makes use of alliteration.
(b) It is an overused cliché.
(c) It is a dying metaphor.
(d) It anthropomorphizes a non-human entity.

5. According to Orwell, what was Gandhi's youth like?
(a) He committed small sins.
(b) He was a criminal, and committed many sins.
(c) He didn't care about politics, and was pro-war.
(d) He was the same as he was in adult life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tolstoy wrote a biting criticism of what playwright's work?

2. What is in the prisoner's cell?

3. How does Orwell feel about the English language?

4. How is the prisoner behaving, as he is marching to his death?

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

(see the answer key)

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