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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Orwell's problem with phrases like "swan song"?
(a) It makes use of alliteration.
(b) It anthropomorphizes a non-human entity.
(c) It is a dying metaphor.
(d) It is an overused cliché.

2. Orwell refers to the art of which countries to prove that those who work outdoors are interested in nature?
(a) Egypt and Spain.
(b) America and England.
(c) Spain and France.
(d) China and Japan.

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

4. The third speaker, in Chapter 8, attacked what?
(a) Laws that challenged obscenity in literary products.
(b) The inability of the government to police all media successfully.
(c) The government's choice to regulate news media.
(d) The unnecessarily severe punishments for violating censorship laws.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator is a citizen of what country?

2. What does Orwell compare athletes to?

3. Orwell refers to what form of medieval art to back up his claims about outdoor workers and nature?

4. What event does Orwell cite as evidence for his argument about sports?

5. How does Orwell feel about the English language?

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