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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what religion is the prisoner in Chapter 2?
(a) Hindu.
(b) Christian.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Buddhist.

2. What does the narrator call the hospital?
(a) "Hopital X."
(b) "Nurse Ratchet's wing."
(c) "The Tomb."
(d) "L'hopital du mort."

3. Why is Orwell skeptical of Gandhi's celibacy and vegetarianism?
(a) Because his reasoning is based on a view that this world is an illusion.
(b) Because Orwell doesn't think that either practice is necessary for political leverage.
(c) Because Orwell believes that Gandhi is lying about his abstinence from sex and meat.
(d) Because Orwell doesn't understand the point of either practice.

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

5. What helped to change Orwell's opinions of Gandhi?
(a) The opinion of someone who knew Gandhi personally.
(b) Meeting Gandhi.
(c) Gandhi's autobiography.
(d) News stories about Gandhi.

6. Where is the narrator working?
(a) Australia.
(b) Japan.
(c) Burma.
(d) India.

7. According to Orwell, what political structure fosters great literature?
(a) Totalitarianism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Oligarchy.

8. What is the crowd's reaction to the prisoner's chant?
(a) They want him to die quickly.
(b) They try to help him escape.
(c) They begin to feel some compassion for him.
(d) It doesn't seem to have an effect on them.

9. How is the prisoner going to be executed?
(a) Firing squad.
(b) Lethal injection.
(c) Stoning.
(d) Hanging.

10. According to Burnham, who governs the manners and morals of a given era?
(a) The aristocracy.
(b) Those who are in power.
(c) Religious figures.
(d) The general public.

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

12. How does Orwell feel about Gandhi's involvement in politics?
(a) He feels that Gandhi didn't really accomplish much in his political career.
(b) He feels Gandhi's saintliness may have been sullied by his involvement in politics.
(c) He admires Gandhi's pacifist methods of enacting change.
(d) He feels that Gandhi's talents would have been wasted in any other field.

13. How does Orwell feel about the English language?
(a) It is in decline, but can be saved.
(b) It is neither improving nor declining.
(c) It is declining, and the trend is irreversible.
(d) It is improving.

14. How does Orwell feel about scientific words and foreign phrases?
(a) They are unnecessary, and should be replaced with common language.
(b) They should be used whenever possible, to elevate writing.
(c) They should only be used in certain types of literature.
(d) They can be used, but only when writing for a certain audience.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Orwell feel about Shakespeare?

2. How do the Burmese treat the narrator?

3. In what stage of Tolstoy's life did this major change occur?

4. In Chapter 7, Orwell wonders if Gandhi was motivated by what vice?

5. Gulliver disapproves of what sort of knowledge, according to Orwell?

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