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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Orwell describe Gandhi's political solutions?
(a) "Medievalist."
(b) "Progressive."
(c) "Godly."
(d) "Backwards."

2. How do the Burmese treat the narrator?
(a) They are openly violent at times.
(b) They harass and insult him whenever they can.
(c) They are respectful to his face, but sneer at him behind his back.
(d) They are respectful and grateful to him.

3. Why does Orwell dislike words such as "constitute" and "phenomenon"?
(a) They are unnecessarily long.
(b) He feels that they are used to "dress up" concepts that could be expressed in plainer terms.
(c) They consolidate, into one word, what should be expressed with a phrase.
(d) They are used intentionally to elevate writing beyond the capability of the ordinary reader.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orwell say is the sole purpose of a metaphor?

2. What is in the prisoner's cell?

3. What does Orwell feel can help to reverse the downward trend of the English language?

4. What helped to change Orwell's opinions of Gandhi?

5. What is the point of Orwell's essay on the English language?

(see the answer key)

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