View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What similarity does Orwell find between the Catholic and Communist ideologies?
(a) Both provide harsh punishments for dissenters.
(b) Both are based on an idea that sounds much better until it is put into practice.
(c) Both refuse to acknowledge the honesty and intellectual capability of their opponents.
(d) Both appoint a leader without the input of the followers.

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

3. Why is the reviewer having such difficulty writing his reviews?
(a) He is too busy to write them.
(b) He keeps getting interrupted.
(c) He is afraid of offending the works' authors.
(d) The works he is reviewing are boring.

4. How did the first speaker, in Chapter 8, feel about freedom of the press?
(a) It was desirable, but the government had a right to censor its citizens.
(b) It was desirable, but not necessary.
(c) It was a good thing - in India.
(d) It would lead to the corruption, and ultimate demise, of the government.

5. The murderer, according to Orwell, kills his victim to avoid what?
(a) Imprisonment.
(b) Financial ruin.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Disgrace or scandal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Orwell quote to support his argument against Satyagraha?

2. In "The Managerial Revolution", what does Burnham say about capitalism?

3. What is in the prisoner's cell?

4. According to Orwell, how does Gulliver change from part two to part three of "Gulliver's Travels"?

5. Tolstoy accuses the playwright he is criticizing of having a philosophy similar to whom?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 387 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample