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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) Australia.
(b) Britain.
(c) India.
(d) Burma.

2. Where did the elephant come from?
(a) It was wild, and found its way into the town.
(b) It was domesticated.
(c) It had escaped from the zoo.
(d) It was released in the town by someone who wanted to destroy the bazaar.

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

4. What was the substance of the second speaker's argument, in Chapter 8?
(a) He argued that liberty was a good thing, in very specific circumstances.
(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 freedom of the press and freedom of speech are not necessarily the same.

5. Overall, how does Orwell feel about "Gulliver's Travels"?
(a) He feels that the books have an important message, but are poorly executed.
(b) He is bored by them, and doesn't understand people's fascination with the story.
(c) He likes the books, and has reread them many times.
(d) He understands, and sympathizes with, Swift's message, but thinks the books are poorly executed.

6. To Orwell, freedom of the press means the liberty to do what?
(a) Express personal opinions.
(b) Put a spin on the story, as long as the facts are correct.
(c) Criticize and oppose.
(d) Report anything, whether it is true or not.

7. What has the elephant destroyed?
(a) A newsstand.
(b) A.grove of trees, a hut, and a bicycle.
(c) A cart with vegetables in it.
(d) A bamboo hut, some fruit stalls, and a rubbish van.

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

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

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

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

12. The fourth speaker, in Chapter 8, defended the purges in what country?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Italy.
(c) Russia.
(d) Israel.

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

14. What is the symbol of Gulliver's aging?
(a) His cane.
(b) His spectacles.
(c) His arthritic hands.
(d) His hair, which is turning grey.

15. What do the doctors in the narrator's hospital do?
(a) Travel from one target patient to the next, ignoring the other patients who are suffering.
(b) Make the terminally ill patients as comfortable as possible.
(c) Intervene in only the most critical situations.
(d) Triage the patients, starting with the most critically injured.

Short Answer Questions

1. What treatment is described as a spectator sport on the ward?

2. Why does the narrator eventually shoot the elephant?

3. According to Orwell, what was Gandhi's youth like?

4. How does Orwell feel about Gandhi's involvement in politics?

5. How were the nurses in the hospital described?

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