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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Orwell feels that Swift, through "Gulliver's Travels", is attacking what sort of government structure?
(a) Totalitarianism.
(b) Oligarchy.
(c) Aristocracy.
(d) Democracy.

4. How does Orwell feel about scientific words and foreign phrases?
(a) They can be used, but only when writing for a certain audience.
(b) They should be used whenever possible, to elevate writing.
(c) They are unnecessary, and should be replaced with common language.
(d) They should only be used in certain types of literature.

5. How does Orwell feel about the English language?
(a) It is in decline, but can be saved.
(b) It is improving.
(c) It is declining, and the trend is irreversible.
(d) It is neither improving nor declining.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is the Burmese jail described?

3. According to Tolstoy, Shakespeare's great reputation was propagated by whom?

4. What illness does the narrator have, in Chapter 3?

5. How does the elephant die?

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