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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Orwell feel about people bonding through sports?
(a) He doesn't believe it is possible.
(b) He thinks it is the best way to bond.
(c) He doesn't offer an opinion.
(d) He thinks there are better ways to bond.

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

3. What change has occurred for the narrator, in Chapter 3?
(a) He has gone from being the oppressor, to being the victim.
(b) He has been demoted.
(c) He has been reassigned.
(d) He has been imprisoned.

4. What relationship does Orwell establish between freedom for political writers, and non-political ones?
(a) Orwell doesn't establish a relationship between the two.
(b) The two freedoms go hand in hand.
(c) Freedom for non-political writers does not affect freedom for political ones.
(d) Freedom for political writers does not affect freedom for non-political ones.

5. What does Orwell compare athletes to?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Machines.
(c) Chess pieces.
(d) Automobiles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orwell refers to what form of medieval art to back up his claims about outdoor workers and nature?

2. What does Burnham write about Stalin?

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

4. According to Orwell, spring is more noticeable for people in what areas?

5. Overall, how does Orwell feel about "Gulliver's Travels"?

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