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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tolstoy accuses the playwright he is criticizing of having a philosophy similar to whom?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Machiavelli.
(d) Napoleon.

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

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

4. What does Orwell compare to a "pre-fabricate hen-house"?
(a) Stories with poorly fleshed-out characters.
(b) Sentences made of clichéd phrases.
(c) Poorly thought-out paragraphs.
(d) Works written by more than one author.

5. What is Orwell's reasoning for the shifts in Gulliver's character?
(a) Swift identified with Gulliver.
(b) Gulliver had multiple personality disorder.
(c) Gulliver represented four different people that Swift knew.
(d) Swift wanted a clear demarcation between each part of the story.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Orwell, what were Smith's religious beliefs?

2. What is the crowd's reaction to the prisoner's chant?

3. How is the prisoner behaving, as he is marching to his death?

4. What does Orwell say is the sole purpose of a metaphor?

5. How does Orwell feel about scientific words and foreign phrases?

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