Shooting an Elephant Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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Shooting an Elephant Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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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 committed small sins.
(b) He was the same as he was in adult life.
(c) He didn't care about politics, and was pro-war.
(d) He was a criminal, and committed many sins.

2. What is Orwell's reasoning for the shifts in Gulliver's character?
(a) Gulliver had multiple personality disorder.
(b) Gulliver represented four different people that Swift knew.
(c) Swift wanted a clear demarcation between each part of the story.
(d) Swift identified with Gulliver.

3. Gulliver disapproves of what sort of knowledge, according to Orwell?
(a) Abstract knowledge.
(b) Knowledge for its own sake.
(c) Knowledge supported by insufficient evidence.
(d) Knowledge used only for practical purposes.

4. What conclusion does Orwell reach about the prices of the commodities he compares in Chapter 15?
(a) Alcohol is more expensive than food, but well worth it.
(b) The only way to afford books is to cut out other luxuries, such as movies and records.
(c) Books are more expensive than food and clothing, and Orwell doesn't understand why.
(d) For the price of a year's worth of alcohol and cigarettes, one could purchase a respectable collection of books.

5. What relationship does Orwell establish between social justice and nature?
(a) Only the oppressors are free to truly appreciate the beauty of nature.
(b) Nature is a blessing that can be enjoyed by everyone, regardless of the social injustices they endure.
(c) Nature can only be truly appreciated by those who are oppressed.
(d) There is no relationship between the two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orwell compare athletes to?

2. Orwell remarks that no one ever plants what type of tree?

3. What does the creature do as the prisoner is being led to his execution?

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

5. How were the nurses in the hospital described?

(see the answer key)

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