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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 does Burnham say about the Nazis?
(a) They were monsters.
(b) They were good soldiers, with corrupt leadership.
(c) They may have been monsters in a different era, but in this one, they were fine.
(d) They were well intended, but misguided.

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

3. What change has occurred for the narrator, in Chapter 3?
(a) He has been imprisoned.
(b) He has been reassigned.
(c) He has been demoted.
(d) He has gone from being the oppressor, to being the victim.

4. According to Burnham, who governs the manners and morals of a given era?
(a) Religious figures.
(b) The general public.
(c) Those who are in power.
(d) The aristocracy.

5. Where is the narrator working?
(a) India.
(b) Burma.
(c) Japan.
(d) Australia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Orwell's opinion, what does Tolstoy do to the scenes he is presenting?

2. Orwell worries that liberty cannot exist without what?

3. How were the nurses in the hospital described?

4. In principle, with whom does the narrator side?

5. According to Orwell, what were Smith's religious beliefs?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Orwell's situation been reversed in Chapter 3?

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

3. How does Orwell feel about nonsense poetry?

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

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

6. According to Orwell, why don't people read?

7. In what manner does Orwell leave Hopital X?

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

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

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

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