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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, Orwell wonders if Gandhi was motivated by what vice?
(a) Envy.
(b) Greed.
(c) Wrath.
(d) Vanity.

2. What was the substance of the second speaker's argument, in Chapter 8?
(a) He argued that freedom of the press and freedom of speech are not necessarily the same.
(b) He argued against freedom of the press.
(c) He felt liberty was a good thing, but spoke in a very general way.
(d) He argued that liberty was a good thing, in very specific circumstances.

3. Patients in the narrator's hospital are used for what?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Observation.
(d) Experimentation.

4. What treatment is described as a spectator sport on the ward?
(a) Cupping.
(b) The application of mustard poultices.
(c) Leeching.
(d) Cold baths.

5. How does Orwell feel about Gandhi's policy of non-violent protest?
(a) It is ineffective, and unsuitable for the modern world.
(b) He agrees wholeheartedly with Gandhi's policy.
(c) It can be effective, but only in some circumstances.
(d) It is effective in most circumstances, but not all.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what religion is the prisoner in Chapter 2?

2. How many people were killed by the elephant while it was rampaging?

3. How do the police and magistrates feel after the prisoner's death?

4. How is the prisoner behaving, as he is marching to his death?

5. What do Orwell's readers think Orwell should be focusing on?

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