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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Orwell feel about Burnham, and his methods of prophesying?
(a) His prophecies are based on good evidence, but they are misinterpreted.
(b) He is a con artist.
(c) He is cowardly, and mentally imbalanced.
(d) He has good intentions, but is misguided.

2. According to Orwell, literature is in danger from censorship, and what else?
(a) The poor quality of public education.
(b) The lack of affordable higher education.
(c) The corporate sponsorship of writers.
(d) A loss of interest in literature among young adults.

3. What illness does the narrator have, in Chapter 3?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Cancer.

4. In this story, Burma is a colony of what empire?
(a) The American Empire.
(b) The Russian Empire.
(c) The British Empire.
(d) The Japanese Empire.

5. How does Orwell feel about the quality of contemporary murder literature?
(a) It is poor.
(b) It is good.
(c) It is poor, but improving.
(d) It is good, but declining.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Orwell feel about spring?

2. What types of sporting events does Orwell support?

3. The murderer, according to Orwell, kills his victim to avoid what?

4. What is the narrator's profession?

5. What does Orwell cite as a reason for the quality of contemporary murder literature?

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