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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crucial element of Shakespeare's works does Tolstoy fail to recognize, according to Orwell?

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

3. What is the crowd's reaction to the prisoner's chant?

4. Why does the narrator hesitate to kill the elephant?

5. How much does Orwell think the managerial revolution, which Burnham writes about, has influenced the United States?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Orwell say about the mating of toads?

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

4. What effect does Gandhi's autobiography have on Orwell?

5. How does Orwell describe the prisoner?

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

7. Under what circumstances does Orwell think it is possible to have a friendly sports game, and why?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Orwell bemoans the lack of good contemporary murder literature. Do you agree that this situation is due to a lack of "perfect" murders? Do you think that, in the presence of more "perfect" murders, there would be more quality murder literature? Is this a desirable situation? Given media access to crime details and how they are printed much more so than in his life time, do you think Orwell's opinion may be different now? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text in defending your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Orwell tallies the price of books, and proves that the price of books is not the reason why people choose not to read. Do you agree? What effect do you think economical situations have on literacy? Given the choice between a movie and a book, which do you think most people would choose and why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Orwell claims that Smith identified with the character of Gulliver, in "Gulliver's Travels". Do you agree? How well does Orwell present his argument? To what do you attribute the changes in Gulliver's character that Orwell describes? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text in defending your conclusions.

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