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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To Orwell, freedom of the press means the liberty to do what?
(a) Criticize and oppose.
(b) Put a spin on the story, as long as the facts are correct.
(c) Express personal opinions.
(d) Report anything, whether it is true or not.

2. What object is linked to the Vicar of Bray?
(a) A pocket watch.
(b) A gold medallion.
(c) A carriage.
(d) A yew tree.

3. According to Orwell, how does Gandhi compare to other politicians of his time?
(a) He accomplished much more.
(b) He didn't focus on the same issues.
(c) He didn't accomplish as much.
(d) He left a remarkably "clean smell" behind.

4. How do the hospital staff sterilize their equipment between patients?
(a) They dip the tools in rubbing alcohol.
(b) They boil the tools.
(c) They use an autoclave.
(d) They don't.

5. According to Burnham, what place do workers occupy in the new socialist structure?
(a) They are semi-slaves, who are at the bottom of the pyramid.
(b) They are somewhere in the middle of the pyramid.
(c) Burnham does not discuss the socialist position of workers, only managers.
(d) They are near the top of the pyramid.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Orwell feel about Gandhi's policy of non-violent protest?

2. Orwell refers to the art of which countries to prove that those who work outdoors are interested in nature?

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

4. What treatment is described as a spectator sport on the ward?

5. How is the prisoner behaving, as he is marching to his death?

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