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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the elephant come from?
(a) It was released in the town by someone who wanted to destroy the bazaar.
(b) It was wild, and found its way into the town.
(c) It was domesticated.
(d) It had escaped from the zoo.

2. 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 have no effect.
(d) They make them worse.

3. The narrator is a citizen of what country?
(a) India.
(b) Burma.
(c) Australia.
(d) Britain.

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

5. What creature intervenes as the prisoner is being led to his execution?
(a) A scorpion.
(b) A stray dog.
(c) A stray cat.
(d) An elephant.

Short Answer Questions

1. The murderer, according to Orwell, kills his victim to avoid what?

2. What similarity does Orwell find between the Catholic and Communist ideologies?

3. In what stage of Tolstoy's life did this major change occur?

4. Where is the narrator working?

5. How do the hospital staff sterilize their equipment between patients?

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