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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the hospital staff sterilize their equipment between patients?
(a) They use an autoclave.
(b) They dip the tools in rubbing alcohol.
(c) They boil the tools.
(d) They don't.

2. What illness does the narrator have, in Chapter 3?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Cancer.

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

4. According to Orwell, what word best describes Tolstoy's criticisms?
(a) Inconsistent.
(b) Prejudiced.
(c) Indirect.
(d) Obsolete.

5. What do the magistrates and police do after the prisoner's death?
(a) Drink.
(b) Pray.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Go back to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the elephant come from?

2. Orwell feels that Swift, through "Gulliver's Travels", is attacking what sort of government structure?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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