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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which play did Tolstoy criticize most harshly?
(a) "Dr. Faustus".
(b) "The Misanthrope".
(c) "Romeo and Juliet".
(d) "King Lear".

2. Where do the magistrates and police convene after the prisoner's death?
(a) They don't convene, they all go to their own homes.
(b) At the local tavern.
(c) On the side of town opposite the gallows.
(d) Close to the location of the corpse.

3. In this story, Burma is a colony of what empire?
(a) The British Empire.
(b) The Japanese Empire.
(c) The American Empire.
(d) The Russian Empire.

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

5. What does Orwell say about Tolstoy's conversion?
(a) He only exchanged one form of egotism for another.
(b) He was swayed by false prophets.
(c) He never converted; it was a rumor.
(d) He did it to better his reputation, not because his belief was sincere.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator is a citizen of what country?

2. In Orwell's opinion, what does Tolstoy do to the scenes he is presenting?

3. Death, at the narrator's hospital, is personified by a patient who finds what activity difficult and painful?

4. How did the narrator leave the hospital?

5. What creature intervenes as the prisoner is being led to his execution?

(see the answer key)

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