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Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main purpose of a hunger strike?
(a) To gain the support of millions in other countries.
(b) To shame the oppressors through willful starvation.
(c) To physically harm those who are oppressing.
(d) To be a physical obstacle to the oppressors.

2. Who does this essay assert was the same person as Shakespeare?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Pope.
(c) Eliot.
(d) Marlowe.

3. What is one way the oppressors can end a hunger strike according to Allen?
(a) Offering everyone money.
(b) By eating smelly foods in front of the strikers.
(c) Tempt the protesters into eating.
(d) By changing the law to make hunger strikes illegal.

4. What is the name of Dorf's brother?
(a) Eyeowulf.
(b) Hedwig.
(c) Charles.
(d) Antonious.

5. What does the narrator claim that Dorf and Netta symbolize?
(a) True love.
(b) The relationship of a man and his dog.
(c) Old and new Europe respectively.
(d) Right and wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Alice in Wonderland?

2. What is it that the oppressed want in a revolution?

3. Which of the following is considered a highly visible type of protest according to Allen?

4. What type of writings is A Brief, Yet Helpful, Guide to Civil Disobedience parodying?

5. What type of civil disobedience is Allen describing?

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