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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. How much does Orwell think the managerial revolution, which Burnham writes about, has influenced the United States?
(a) Not at all.
(b) Some.
(c) Very little.
(d) A lot.

2. How were the nurses in the hospital described?
(a) Compassionate, but incompetent.
(b) Capable, but uncaring.
(c) The hospital had no nurses, only a few overburdened doctors.
(d) Incapable and unsanitary.

3. What is the narrator's profession?
(a) Police officer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Firefighter.
(d) Judge.

4. What is Orwell's problem with phrases like "swan song"?
(a) It is an overused cliché.
(b) It is a dying metaphor.
(c) It makes use of alliteration.
(d) It anthropomorphizes a non-human entity.

5. How many people were killed by the elephant while it was rampaging?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. To Orwell, freedom of the press means the liberty to do what?

2. Where is the narrator working?

3. Tolstoy accuses the playwright he is criticizing of having a philosophy similar to whom?

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

5. Why is Orwell skeptical of Gandhi's celibacy and vegetarianism?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Orwell kill the elephant against his will?

3. What happens after the prisoner's death?

4. What does Orwell say about Gandhi's methods of non-violent protest?

5. According to Orwell, what could the reader of "Gulliver's Travels" infer about Swift's political views?

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

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

8. How does the elephant die?

9. How does Orwell respond to the critics of his spring essays?

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

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