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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the magistrates and police convene after the prisoner's death?
(a) Close to the location of the corpse.
(b) On the side of town opposite the gallows.
(c) At the local tavern.
(d) They don't convene, they all go to their own homes.

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

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

4. How did the narrator leave the hospital?
(a) Once his condition was stable, he was moved to another facility.
(b) He left fully recovered with a doctor's discharge.
(c) He transferred to another hospital, to be under the care of his own doctor.
(d) He fled before his time was up, and without an official discharge.

5. Of what religion is the prisoner in Chapter 2?
(a) Christian.
(b) Buddhist.
(c) Hindu.
(d) Muslim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What creature intervenes as the prisoner is being led to his execution?

2. Why does Orwell dismiss Tolstoy's criticism?

3. Tolstoy accuses the playwright he is criticizing of having a philosophy similar to whom?

4. How did Gandhi feel about Satyagraha?

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

(see the answer key)

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