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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what stage of Tolstoy's life did this major change occur?
(a) Middle age.
(b) Youth.
(c) Old age.
(d) Young adulthood.

2. In Orwell's opinion, what does Tolstoy do to the scenes he is presenting?
(a) He misunderstands them.
(b) He takes them out of context.
(c) He distorts them.
(d) He misquotes them.

3. Why does the narrator eventually shoot the elephant?
(a) The angry crowd doesn't really give him a choice.
(b) Because it is his job.
(c) Because he doesn't want anyone else to get hurt.
(d) Because he wants to collect the reward.

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

5. What illness does the narrator have, in Chapter 3?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Pneumonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator call the hospital?

2. What do the doctors in the narrator's hospital do?

3. How do the Burmese treat the narrator?

4. What is the subject of Gulliver's ranting in the second book of "Gulliver's Travels"?

5. Tolstoy wrote a biting criticism of what playwright's work?

(see the answer key)

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