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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Orwell, what was Gandhi's youth like?
(a) He was a criminal, and committed many sins.
(b) He was the same as he was in adult life.
(c) He committed small sins.
(d) He didn't care about politics, and was pro-war.

2. What does Orwell refer to as the era of great murder mystery literature?
(a) "Dark Ages."
(b) "Elizabethan period."
(c) "Renaissance."
(d) "Golden Age."

3. What book does Orwell quote to support his argument against Satyagraha?
(a) "Gulliver's Travels".
(b) "Gandhi and Stalin".
(c) "1984".
(d) "King Lear".

4. Where do the magistrates and police convene after the prisoner's death?
(a) Close to the location of the corpse.
(b) On the side of town opposite the gallows.
(c) They don't convene, they all go to their own homes.
(d) At the local tavern.

5. How did the first speaker, in Chapter 8, feel about freedom of the press?
(a) It was a good thing - in India.
(b) It was desirable, but the government had a right to censor its citizens.
(c) It was desirable, but not necessary.
(d) It would lead to the corruption, and ultimate demise, of the government.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator eventually shoot the elephant?

2. According to Burnham, what is the most important factor for class mobility, in the society he envisions?

3. What is in the prisoner's cell?

4. How does Orwell feel about Jack the Ripper?

5. According to Gulliver, scientists should not concern themselves with what area of thought?

(see the answer key)

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