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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of bath does the hospital staff give the narrator?
(a) They hand him a bucket of cold water and a washcloth for him to bathe with.
(b) They swab his body with warm damp towels.
(c) They put him in a lukewarm bath.
(d) They put him in five inches of warm water.

2. In Orwell's opinion, what does Tolstoy do to the scenes he is presenting?
(a) He distorts them.
(b) He takes them out of context.
(c) He misunderstands them.
(d) He misquotes them.

3. What kind of person would be Orwell's ideal murder-mystery protagonist?
(a) A lower-class citizen.
(b) A local professional.
(c) A celebrity.
(d) A rich aristocrat.

4. According to Orwell, how do international sporting events affect relations between countries?
(a) They make them better.
(b) They worsen relations between citizens, but improve relations between leaders.
(c) They make them worse.
(d) They have no effect.

5. What types of sporting events does Orwell support?
(a) Youth events.
(b) International sports.
(c) Events held for charity.
(d) Local, friendly games.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Orwell feel about Gandhi's policy of non-violent protest?

2. Death, at the narrator's hospital, is personified by a patient who finds what activity difficult and painful?

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

4. According to Orwell, what is not a popular subject in his essays?

5. How does Orwell propose to aid the English language?

(see the answer key)

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