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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. According to Orwell, what flaw is apparent in all of the examples of "bad English" that he presents in Chapter 6?
(a) A lack of creativity.
(b) A lack of precision.
(c) Inappropriate metaphors.
(d) Poor grammar.

2. What does Orwell compare to a "pre-fabricate hen-house"?
(a) Works written by more than one author.
(b) Stories with poorly fleshed-out characters.
(c) Sentences made of clichéd phrases.
(d) Poorly thought-out paragraphs.

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

4. According to Orwell, what political structure fosters great literature?
(a) Communism.
(b) Oligarchy.
(c) Totalitarianism.
(d) Democracy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Gulliver disapproves of what sort of knowledge, according to Orwell?

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

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

4. How does Orwell feel about scientific words and foreign phrases?

5. According to Tolstoy, Shakespeare's great reputation was propagated by whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What link does Orwell establish between freedom of the press, and other forms of liberty?

4. According to Orwell, what were Burnham's political predictions based on?

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

6. How does Orwell feel about nonsense poetry?

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

8. What is Orwell's overall intention, according to his statements at the end of Chapter 6?

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

10. What is Orwell's occupation, in the first chapter?

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