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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Orwell, what was Gandhi's youth like?
(a) He didn't care about politics, and was pro-war.
(b) He committed small sins.
(c) He was a criminal, and committed many sins.
(d) He was the same as he was in adult life.

2. What does Orwell cite as a reason for the quality of contemporary murder literature?
(a) Crimes are becoming less memorable.
(b) There are currently no good writers.
(c) The government is censoring it too much.
(d) People aren't interested in reading it.

3. What do Orwell's readers think Orwell should be focusing on?
(a) Writing fiction.
(b) Commenting on political injustices.
(c) Writing literary criticism.
(d) Righting social wrongs.

4. What is Orwell's problem with phrases like "swan song"?
(a) It is a dying metaphor.
(b) It anthropomorphizes a non-human entity.
(c) It makes use of alliteration.
(d) It is an overused cliché.

5. According to Orwell, why might athletes try to cheat?
(a) They feel they are being discriminated against.
(b) They are afraid of losing their contracts.
(c) They don't always understand the rules.
(d) They think it is the only way they will win.

Short Answer Questions

1. In this story, Burma is a colony of what empire?

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

3. According to Orwell, how would reviews be handled in an ideal world?

4. Tolstoy wrote a biting criticism of what playwright's work?

5. What book does Orwell quote to support his argument against Satyagraha?

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