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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In this story, Burma is a colony of what empire?
(a) The Russian Empire.
(b) The British Empire.
(c) The Japanese Empire.
(d) The American Empire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Orwell dismiss Tolstoy's criticism?

2. How does Orwell propose to aid the English language?

3. How does Orwell feel about Gandhi's policy of non-violent protest?

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

5. What crucial element of Shakespeare's works does Tolstoy fail to recognize, according to Orwell?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Burnham's theory about the "manners and morals" of a given era differ from Orwell's?

2. What relationship exists between Orwell and the Burmese natives?

3. According to the evidence Orwell presents from "Gulliver's Travels", how does Gulliver feel about science?

4. How does Orwell respond to Tolstoy's criticisms of Shakespeare?

5. What is the substance of Burnham's "Managerial Revolution", as relayed by Orwell in Chapter 9?

6. What are some of the books that Orwell names as "Good Bad Books", and what flaw do they share?

7. What does Orwell think of children's stories such as "Tom Sawyer"?

8. Who are the individuals that Orwell uses as examples in Chapter 13?

9. What flaws are shared by all of the examples of "bad English" that Orwell offers?

10. Based on Orwell's description, what is the life cycle of a toad?

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