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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many people were killed by the elephant while it was rampaging?
(a) None.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

4. Tolstoy wrote a biting criticism of what playwright's work?
(a) Molière.
(b) Marlowe
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Aeschylus.

5. According to Orwell, what political structure fosters great literature?
(a) Communism.
(b) Totalitarianism.
(c) Oligarchy.
(d) Democracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orwell worries that liberty cannot exist without what?

2. What helped to change Orwell's opinions of Gandhi?

3. Why does the narrator eventually shoot the elephant?

4. What treatment is described as a spectator sport on the ward?

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

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