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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what stage of Tolstoy's life did this major change occur?
(a) Old age.
(b) Youth.
(c) Young adulthood.
(d) Middle age.

2. What is the point of Orwell's essay on the English language?
(a) To make a mockery of other writers who use the techniques he complains about.
(b) To educate people on how they can help stop the decline of the language.
(c) To express his feelings about the topic, though no one is likely to take his advice.
(d) To entertain the reader, but not to impart any useful information.

3. What is the narrator's profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Police officer.
(c) Firefighter.
(d) Judge.

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

5. What two groups does Orwell name as an example of people for whom Satyagraha would be an ineffective political tool?
(a) The Jews in Nazi Germany, and the Russians under Stalin.
(b) The Kurds under Hussein, and the Jews in Nazi Germany.
(c) The Russians under Stalin, and the Italians under Mussolini.
(d) The Jews in Nazi Germany, and the Burmese under the British Empire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many people were killed by the elephant while it was rampaging?

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

4. What relationship does Orwell establish between freedom for political writers, and non-political ones?

5. Where did the elephant come from?

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