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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is the Burmese jail described?
(a) Wet and unsanitary.
(b) Small and dank.
(c) Spacious and institutional.
(d) Old and musty.

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

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

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

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

7. 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 against freedom of the press.
(c) He felt liberty was a good thing, but spoke in a very general way.
(d) He argued that liberty was a good thing, in very specific circumstances.

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

9. Why does the narrator eventually shoot the elephant?
(a) Because he doesn't want anyone else to get hurt.
(b) The angry crowd doesn't really give him a choice.
(c) Because he wants to collect the reward.
(d) Because it is his job.

10. How many people were killed by the elephant while it was rampaging?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

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

12. What does Orwell feel can help to reverse the downward trend of the English language?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Better education.
(d) Caring more.

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

14. How is the prisoner behaving, as he is marching to his death?
(a) He tries to attack his guards and escape.
(b) He walks with dignity.
(c) He begs for mercy.
(d) He quietly attempts to bribe the guard.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Orwell feel about Burnham, and his methods of prophesying?

3. How did Gandhi feel about Satyagraha?

4. According to Tolstoy, Shakespeare's great reputation was propagated by whom?

5. What creature intervenes as the prisoner is being led to his execution?

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