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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) "Godly."
(b) "Medievalist."
(c) "Backwards."
(d) "Progressive."

2. What aspect of "Gulliver's Travels" does Orwell discuss in Chapter 5?
(a) Swift's use of imagery and symbolism.
(b) The literary devices used by the author.
(c) The inconsistency of the plot.
(d) The changes in Gulliver's character.

3. Why is Orwell skeptical of Gandhi's celibacy and vegetarianism?
(a) Because Orwell doesn't understand the point of either practice.
(b) Because Orwell doesn't think that either practice is necessary for political leverage.
(c) Because his reasoning is based on a view that this world is an illusion.
(d) Because Orwell believes that Gandhi is lying about his abstinence from sex and meat.

4. Overall, how does Orwell feel about "Gulliver's Travels"?
(a) He feels that the books have an important message, but are poorly executed.
(b) He understands, and sympathizes with, Swift's message, but thinks the books are poorly executed.
(c) He likes the books, and has reread them many times.
(d) He is bored by them, and doesn't understand people's fascination with the story.

5. In Chapter 7, Orwell wonders if Gandhi was motivated by what vice?
(a) Vanity.
(b) Envy.
(c) Wrath.
(d) Greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Orwell feel about Gandhi's policy of non-violent protest?

2. According to Orwell, what is the primary purpose of language?

3. What change has occurred for the narrator, in Chapter 3?

4. How did Gandhi feel about Satyagraha?

5. According to Orwell, what flaw is apparent in all of the examples of "bad English" that he presents in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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