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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the elephant destroyed?
(a) A.grove of trees, a hut, and a bicycle.
(b) A cart with vegetables in it.
(c) A bamboo hut, some fruit stalls, and a rubbish van.
(d) A newsstand.

2. In Orwell's ideal world, how would the quality of each work be reflected in its reviews?
(a) All works would receive equal treatment.
(b) Only the good works would be reviewed, so that people could seek them out.
(c) Only the poor works would be reviewed, so that people could avoid them.
(d) Good works would get long, detailed reviews; poor ones would get only a few lines.

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

4. What do the magistrates and police do after the prisoner's death?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Pray.
(c) Drink.
(d) Go back to work.

5. The fourth speaker, in Chapter 8, defended the purges in what country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Israel.
(d) Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationship does Orwell establish between social justice and nature?

2. What does Orwell compare to a "pre-fabricate hen-house"?

3. How does Orwell describe the ideal murderer, in a murder story?

4. According to Orwell, what is the reason that people don't read?

5. What does Burnham write about the atrocities Stalin committed?

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