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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Orwell, what is the primary purpose of language?
(a) Expanding knowledge.
(b) Evoking feeling.
(c) Straightforward communication.
(d) Beauty.

2. The fourth speaker, in Chapter 8, defended the purges in what country?
(a) Italy.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Israel.
(d) Russia.

3. Patients in the narrator's hospital are used for what?
(a) Observation.
(b) Experimentation.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) Teaching.

4. According to Orwell, what should the relationship be between the murderer and the victim?
(a) Spouse.
(b) Sibling.
(c) Son or daughter.
(d) Lover.

5. How does Orwell feel about people bonding through sports?
(a) He doesn't offer an opinion.
(b) He doesn't believe it is possible.
(c) He thinks there are better ways to bond.
(d) He thinks it is the best way to bond.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Orwell, how does Gandhi compare to other politicians of his time?

2. What major change occurred in Tolstoy's life?

3. Tolstoy accuses the playwright he is criticizing of having a philosophy similar to whom?

4. Why is Orwell skeptical of Gandhi's celibacy and vegetarianism?

5. What kind of person would be Orwell's ideal murder-mystery protagonist?

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