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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Death, at the narrator's hospital, is personified by a patient who finds what activity difficult and painful?
(a) Eating.
(b) Walking.
(c) Bathing.
(d) Urinating.

2. In "The Managerial Revolution", what does Burnham say about capitalism?
(a) That it is dying, and will be replaced with communism.
(b) That it is alive and well.
(c) That it is dying, and will be replaced with a socialist pyramid.
(d) That it will only survive if it changes to accommodate social classes.

3. What was the substance of the second speaker's argument, in Chapter 8?
(a) He argued that freedom of the press and freedom of speech are not necessarily the same.
(b) He argued that liberty was a good thing, in very specific circumstances.
(c) He argued against freedom of the press.
(d) He felt liberty was a good thing, but spoke in a very general way.

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

5. According to Orwell, what was Gandhi's youth like?
(a) He was a criminal, and committed many sins.
(b) He was the same as he was in adult life.
(c) He didn't care about politics, and was pro-war.
(d) He committed small sins.

6. According to Orwell, what word best describes Tolstoy's criticisms?
(a) Obsolete.
(b) Indirect.
(c) Inconsistent.
(d) Prejudiced.

7. How does Orwell propose to aid the English language?
(a) He does not think there is anything that can be done.
(b) To inject clear thinking into the process aiding readers in fundamental remedies.
(c) To appeal to writers of grammar books and dictionaries.
(d) To address the issue to teachers of the language.

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

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

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

11. 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.

12. What does Orwell say is the sole purpose of a metaphor?
(a) To supply one thing with the attributes of another.
(b) To further the point of the writer.
(c) To call up a visual image.
(d) To explain an association between two things

13. Tolstoy accuses the playwright he is criticizing of having a philosophy similar to whom?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Machiavelli.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationship does Orwell establish between freedom for political writers, and non-political ones?

2. Why does the narrator eventually shoot the elephant?

3. To Orwell, freedom of the press means the liberty to do what?

4. How does Orwell describe Gandhi's political solutions?

5. What sort of bath does the hospital staff give the narrator?

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