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

2. According to Orwell, how does Gulliver change from part two to part three of "Gulliver's Travels"?
(a) He develops an appreciation for his home and family, which he previously lacked.
(b) He decides to make the most of the time he has, rather than sulking about getting old.
(c) He appears to have a higher social standing, as evidenced by consorting with educated men of political standing.
(d) He resigns himself to the aging process, and makes peace with the idea of being old.

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

4. What did the name of Gandhi's political policy, "Satyagraha," mean?
(a) "Strength in silence."
(b) "Belief in oneself."
(c) "Karma."
(d) "Firmness in truth."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is the prisoner behaving, as he is marching to his death?

3. What change has occurred for the narrator, in Chapter 3?

4. According to Orwell, what is the basis for Burnham's political predictions?

5. What does Orwell say is the sole purpose of a metaphor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What pamphlet was the subject of the meeting of the P.E.N. Club that takes place in Chapter 8?

3. What does Orwell say about Burnham's theory about Stalin?

4. How does Orwell prove his theory about the lack of good murder literature?

5. Orwell feels that international sporting events have what effect on the relations between the countries involved?

6. What does Orwell say about the sanitation of Hopital X?

7. According to Tolstoy, how did Shakespeare get such a grand reputation?

8. Whom does Orwell name in Chapter 17 as a well-known nonsense poet?

9. What are some of Tolstoy's criticisms about Shakespeare?

10. What scene does Orwell describe as the setting for reading a good murder mystery?

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