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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Tolstoy, Shakespeare's great reputation was propagated by whom?
(a) American writers.
(b) English noblemen.
(c) German professors.
(d) Italian scholars.

2. How did the narrator leave the hospital?
(a) He transferred to another hospital, to be under the care of his own doctor.
(b) He fled before his time was up, and without an official discharge.
(c) He left fully recovered with a doctor's discharge.
(d) Once his condition was stable, he was moved to another facility.

3. Why does the narrator hesitate to kill the elephant?
(a) He doesn't want to lose face.
(b) He is afraid of the repercussions from the angry crowd.
(c) He feels compassion for it.
(d) It is a large and expensive piece of machinery.

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

5. According to Burnham, what is the most important factor for class mobility, in the society he envisions?
(a) Genealogy.
(b) Appearance.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Ability.

6. What change has occurred for the narrator, in Chapter 3?
(a) He has been reassigned.
(b) He has been demoted.
(c) He has been imprisoned.
(d) He has gone from being the oppressor, to being the victim.

7. In Orwell's opinion, what does Tolstoy do to the scenes he is presenting?
(a) He misunderstands them.
(b) He distorts them.
(c) He misquotes them.
(d) He takes them out of context.

8. What does Orwell say about Tolstoy's conversion?
(a) He was swayed by false prophets.
(b) He only exchanged one form of egotism for another.
(c) He did it to better his reputation, not because his belief was sincere.
(d) He never converted; it was a rumor.

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

10. What sort of bath does the hospital staff give the narrator?
(a) They put him in five inches of warm water.
(b) They put him in a lukewarm bath.
(c) They swab his body with warm damp towels.
(d) They hand him a bucket of cold water and a washcloth for him to bathe with.

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

12. How much does Orwell think the managerial revolution, which Burnham writes about, has influenced the United States?
(a) Very little.
(b) A lot.
(c) Not at all.
(d) Some.

13. Orwell begins Chapter 8 with a meeting of what club?
(a) The Rotary Club.
(b) The P.E.N. Club.
(c) The Lions Club.
(d) The 4-H Club.

14. Orwell feels that Swift, through "Gulliver's Travels", is attacking what sort of government structure?
(a) Aristocracy.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Totalitarianism.
(d) Oligarchy.

15. How does Orwell feel about Burnham, and his methods of prophesying?
(a) His prophecies are based on good evidence, but they are misinterpreted.
(b) He is a con artist.
(c) He has good intentions, but is misguided.
(d) He is cowardly, and mentally imbalanced.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Burnham, who governs the manners and morals of a given era?

3. Tolstoy wrote a biting criticism of what playwright's work?

4. How does Orwell feel about the English language?

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

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