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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator is a citizen of what country?
(a) Britain.
(b) India.
(c) Australia.
(d) Burma.

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

3. Where do the magistrates and police convene after the prisoner's death?
(a) At the local tavern.
(b) They don't convene, they all go to their own homes.
(c) On the side of town opposite the gallows.
(d) Close to the location of the corpse.

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

5. According to Orwell, how did Swift offend Queen Anne?
(a) By greeting her inappropriately when he met her.
(b) By writing a satirical piece that made fun of the English government.
(c) By criticizing a law passed by Parliament.
(d) By writing a pamphlet that criticized dissenters from the church.

6. How does Orwell feel about Gandhi's policy of non-violent protest?
(a) He agrees wholeheartedly with Gandhi's policy.
(b) It can be effective, but only in some circumstances.
(c) It is ineffective, and unsuitable for the modern world.
(d) It is effective in most circumstances, but not all.

7. What is Orwell's problem with phrases like "swan song"?
(a) It is a dying metaphor.
(b) It makes use of alliteration.
(c) It anthropomorphizes a non-human entity.
(d) It is an overused cliché.

8. What do the magistrates and police do after the prisoner's death?
(a) Drink.
(b) Go back to work.
(c) Pray.
(d) Sleep.

9. Patients in the narrator's hospital are used for what?
(a) Experimentation.
(b) Teaching.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) Observation.

10. What does Burnham say about the Nazis?
(a) They were monsters.
(b) They were well intended, but misguided.
(c) They may have been monsters in a different era, but in this one, they were fine.
(d) They were good soldiers, with corrupt leadership.

11. What book does Orwell quote to support his argument against Satyagraha?
(a) "1984".
(b) "King Lear".
(c) "Gandhi and Stalin".
(d) "Gulliver's Travels".

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Gulliver, scientists should not concern themselves with what area of thought?

2. What is the symbol of Gulliver's aging?

3. What is the crowd's reaction to the prisoner's chant?

4. What do the doctors in the narrator's hospital do?

5. How many people were killed by the elephant while it was rampaging?

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