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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Orwell, what is the reason that people don't read?
(a) Books are too expensive.
(b) The plots of most books are boring.
(c) Reading a book takes too much effort.
(d) They would rather go to movies, to pubs, or watch dog racing.

2. Tolstoy wrote a biting criticism of what playwright's work?
(a) Marlowe
(b) Aeschylus.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Molière.

3. According to Orwell, how would reviews be handled in an ideal world?
(a) There wouldn't be any reviews.
(b) The number of works being reviewed would be greatly restricted.
(c) More people would write reviews, so that each reviewer wouldn't have to do as much work.
(d) Ordinary people would write reviews and share them with one another.

4. What major change occurred in Tolstoy's life?
(a) He sustained a serious injury, and was paralyzed.
(b) He moved from England to Spain.
(c) His wife and children all died from influenza.
(d) He converted to Christianity.

5. According to Orwell, what is the basis for Burnham's political predictions?
(a) Historical data.
(b) Current political trends.
(c) Psychic visions.
(d) Statistical analysis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Patients in the narrator's hospital are used for what?

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

3. In what country is the narrator, in Chapter 3?

4. How did the first speaker, in Chapter 8, feel about freedom of the press?

5. In Orwell's ideal world, how would the quality of each work be reflected in its reviews?

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