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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the prisoner going to be executed?
(a) Lethal injection.
(b) Stoning.
(c) Firing squad.
(d) Hanging.

2. What was the substance of the second speaker's argument, in Chapter 8?
(a) He argued that liberty was a good thing, in very specific circumstances.
(b) He argued against freedom of the press.
(c) He argued that freedom of the press and freedom of speech are not necessarily the same.
(d) He felt liberty was a good thing, but spoke in a very general way.

3. 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) Swift identified with Gulliver.
(d) Gulliver had multiple personality disorder.

4. Death, at the narrator's hospital, is personified by a patient who finds what activity difficult and painful?
(a) Walking.
(b) Eating.
(c) Bathing.
(d) Urinating.

5. According to Orwell, what flaw is apparent in all of the examples of "bad English" that he presents in Chapter 6?
(a) Poor grammar.
(b) Inappropriate metaphors.
(c) A lack of precision.
(d) A lack of creativity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What crucial element of Shakespeare's works does Tolstoy fail to recognize, according to Orwell?

3. What do the magistrates and police do after the prisoner's death?

4. Where did the elephant come from?

5. What has the elephant destroyed?

(see the answer key)

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