View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Orwell, spring is more noticeable for people in what areas?
(a) Rural and urban.
(b) Suburban.
(c) Rural.
(d) Urban.

2. What event does Orwell cite as evidence for his argument about sports?
(a) The money that has been donated to charity by sports stars.
(b) The killing of a tennis star by a crazed fan.
(c) The peace treaty that was signed after the 1922 Olympic Games.
(d) The riots at the 1936 Olympic Games.

3. What is the name of John Milton's pamphlet that Orwell mentions in Chapter 8?
(a) "Aeronautica".
(b) "Apocalyptica".
(c) "Autonomica".
(d) "Areopagitica".

4. Orwell worries that liberty cannot exist without what?
(a) Laws that protect the populace.
(b) Censorship of expression.
(c) Its opposite - oppression.
(d) Liberty of thought.

5. What relationship does Orwell establish between freedom for political writers, and non-political ones?
(a) The two freedoms go hand in hand.
(b) Freedom for political writers does not affect freedom for non-political ones.
(c) Orwell doesn't establish a relationship between the two.
(d) Freedom for non-political writers does not affect freedom for political ones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Overall, how does Orwell feel about "Gulliver's Travels"?

2. Orwell begins Chapter 8 with a meeting of what club?

3. What change has occurred for the narrator, in Chapter 3?

4. How did Gandhi feel about Satyagraha?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 375 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample