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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Orwell dismiss Tolstoy's criticism?
(a) Orwell doesn't think highly of Tolstoy's writings.
(b) Tolstoy wasn't educated enough to write well-informed criticisms.
(c) Tolstoy was prejudiced against the English.
(d) It is impossible to prove.

2. According to Orwell, how did Swift offend Queen Anne?
(a) By greeting her inappropriately when he met her.
(b) By criticizing a law passed by Parliament.
(c) By writing a pamphlet that criticized dissenters from the church.
(d) By writing a satirical piece that made fun of the English government.

3. What helped to change Orwell's opinions of Gandhi?
(a) News stories about Gandhi.
(b) Gandhi's autobiography.
(c) Meeting Gandhi.
(d) The opinion of someone who knew Gandhi personally.

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

5. What is the subject of Gulliver's ranting in the second book of "Gulliver's Travels"?
(a) Organized religion.
(b) His children.
(c) Aging.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the prisoner begin to chant as he walks?

2. In what stage of Tolstoy's life did this major change occur?

3. What does Orwell say about Tolstoy's conversion?

4. In this story, Burma is a colony of what empire?

5. Why does the narrator hesitate to kill the elephant?

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