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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. In what country is the narrator, in Chapter 3?
(a) England.
(b) Burma.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

2. Gulliver disapproves of what sort of knowledge, according to Orwell?
(a) Knowledge supported by insufficient evidence.
(b) Knowledge used only for practical purposes.
(c) Abstract knowledge.
(d) Knowledge for its own sake.

3. How do the Burmese treat the narrator?
(a) They harass and insult him whenever they can.
(b) They are openly violent at times.
(c) They are respectful to his face, but sneer at him behind his back.
(d) They are respectful and grateful to him.

4. What major change occurred in Tolstoy's life?
(a) He sustained a serious injury, and was paralyzed.
(b) His wife and children all died from influenza.
(c) He moved from England to Spain.
(d) He converted to Christianity.

5. What does Orwell say is the sole purpose of a metaphor?
(a) To explain an association between two things
(b) To further the point of the writer.
(c) To supply one thing with the attributes of another.
(d) To call up a visual image.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the magistrates and police do after the prisoner's death?

2. Why does the narrator eventually shoot the elephant?

3. What has the elephant destroyed?

4. What does Orwell mean by the phrase "verbal false limbs"?

5. The narrator is a citizen of what country?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens as the prisoner is being led to his fate?

3. How does Orwell define a "Good Bad Book" in Chapter 16?

4. What is Orwell's conclusion about the price of books in Chapter 15?

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

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

7. Orwell wonders if entering the world of politics had what effect on Gandhi?

8. What is the meaning of "Satyagraha"?

9. Based on Orwell's description, what is the life cycle of a toad?

10. What are Orwell's criteria for a "perfect" murder?

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