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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. Why does the narrator hesitate to kill the elephant?
(a) He doesn't want to lose face.
(b) It is a large and expensive piece of machinery.
(c) He feels compassion for it.
(d) He is afraid of the repercussions from the angry crowd.

2. How does Gulliver believe science should be used?
(a) To wield power over those who aren't educated.
(b) As a mental exercise.
(c) To prove that some religious beliefs are absurd.
(d) For practical applications, like technology, that improve the welfare of all.

3. According to Gulliver, scientists should not concern themselves with what area of thought?
(a) Politics.
(b) Religion.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Philosophy.

4. How does Orwell describe Gandhi's political solutions?
(a) "Medievalist."
(b) "Backwards."
(c) "Godly."
(d) "Progressive."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the hospital staff sterilize their equipment between patients?

3. According to Orwell, literature is in danger from censorship, and what else?

4. What is Orwell's problem with phrases like "swan song"?

5. How did the first speaker, in Chapter 8, feel about freedom of the press?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Orwell, what changes occur in the character of Gulliver, in each part of "Gulliver's Travels"?

2. What does Orwell say about the general trend of the English language?

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

4. What does Orwell say about the mating of toads?

5. Orwell cites the riots after the 1936 Olympic Games as proof of what?

6. How does Orwell feel about nonsense poetry?

7. How does the elephant die?

8. Under what circumstances does Orwell think it is possible to have a friendly sports game, and why?

9. What type of children's literature does Orwell prefer?

10. What treatments does Orwell undergo in Hopital X?

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