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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the nurses in the hospital described?
(a) Compassionate, but incompetent.
(b) Capable, but uncaring.
(c) Incapable and unsanitary.
(d) The hospital had no nurses, only a few overburdened doctors.

2. What does Orwell mean by the phrase "verbal false limbs"?
(a) Unnecessarily turning a word into a phrase.
(b) Adding unnecessary phrases to a sentence.
(c) Using an incorrect word in place of another.
(d) Unnecessary prefixes and suffixes.

3. How is the prisoner going to be executed?
(a) Firing squad.
(b) Lethal injection.
(c) Stoning.
(d) Hanging.

4. According to Orwell, when is the best time to read a good murder mystery?
(a) Saturday morning.
(b) Friday evening.
(c) Saturday evening.
(d) Sunday afternoon.

5. What aspect of "Gulliver's Travels" does Orwell discuss in Chapter 5?
(a) The inconsistency of the plot.
(b) The changes in Gulliver's character.
(c) Swift's use of imagery and symbolism.
(d) The literary devices used by the author.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orwell worries that liberty cannot exist without what?

2. According to Orwell, what are the feelings between two teams in a sporting event?

3. What treatment is described as a spectator sport on the ward?

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

5. According to Orwell, what do newspapers try to do when reporting on sports events?

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