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- 1. Multiple Choice
Orwell takes great length in describing the elephant’s demise. What does his description foreshadow?
the rise of the empire
the fall of the empire
the prosperity of the empire
the birth of the empire
the dream of a new empire
- 2. Multiple Choice
The speaker’s attitude toward shooting the elephant as revealed in paragraph 7 is one of:
incredulity
resignation
despair
divination
disillusion
- 3. Multiple Choice
Each of the following quotations contains irony EXCEPT:
“The crowd yelled with hideous laughter.”
“The young Buddhist priests were the worst of all.”
“All these oppressed me with an intolerable sense of guilt.”
“All this was perplexing and upsetting.”
“Theoretically—and secretly, of course—I was all for the Burmese.”
- 4. Multiple Choice
Orwell makes use of which of the following in paragraph 2?
I. periodic sentence
II. parallel structures
III. extended metaphor
I only
I and II only
II only
I and III only
I, II and III
- 5. Multiple Choice
What can one infer about Orwell’s feelings based on his use of such diction as “puppet,” “dummy” and “mask” in paragraph 7?
He is overwhelmed by chaos.
He only does what he is told.
He believes the Burmese are puppets.
He feels constrained by his position as sahib.
He is in control of the situation.
- 6. Multiple Choice
In the sentence, “The sole thought in my mind was that if anything went wrong those two thousand Burmans would see me pursued, caught, trampled on and reduced to a grinning corpse like that Indian up the hill,” what word is parallel to “caught”?
corpse
reduced
Burmans
Indian
mind
- 7. Multiple Choice
Paragraph 3 includes all the following EXCEPT
colloquial diction
introduction of the incident
epiphany
antithesis
narration
- 8. Multiple Choice
Orwell was reluctant to shoot the elephant at first because he knew the elephant was:
I. no longer a danger after his bout of “must” had worn off.
II. worth less than the “coolie” who had been killed.
III. worth more alive than dead.
I only
I and II only
II only
I and III only
I, II and III
- 9. Multiple Choice
What rhetorical strategy does Orwell NOT use in paragraph 11?
variety in sentence length
onomatopoeia
paradox
simile
irony
- 10. Multiple Choice
The quote, “He was dying, very slowly…damage him further,” in paragraph 12 contains an example of:
metaphor.
oxymoron.
figurative language.
theme.
irony.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Paragraph 7 includes all the following, EXCEPT:
oxymoron
epiphany
simile
declaration of an important theme
derogatory diction
- 12. Multiple Choice
What word best describes Orwell’s choice of diction in the following phrase: “…grinning with an expression of unendurable agony”?
derogatory
colloquial
oxymoronic
understated
metaphoric
- 13. Multiple Choice
The first two sentences of the passage perform which of the following functions?
I. It states the main idea of the passage.
II. It establishes the setting of the passage.
III. It introduces the speaker’s attitude toward the Burmese
I only
III only
I, II and III
I and II only
II and III only
- 14. Multiple Choice
In the sentence, “There was a loud, scandalized, cry of ‘Go away, child! Go away this instant!’ and an old woman with a switch in her hand came round the corner…”, the best synonym for scandalized would be:
offended
shocked
slandered
outraged
agitated
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which sentence best describes the theme of the essay?
“As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed to do so.”
“He becomes a sort of hollow, posing dummy, the conventionalized figure of the sahib.”
“I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool.”
“At that age I was not squeamish about killing animals, but I had never shot an elephant and never wanted to.”
“I perceived in this moment that when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom he destroys.”
- 16. Multiple Choice
In paragraph 11, Orwell uses all the following except:
imagery
metaphor
simile
compound sentences
irony
- 17. Multiple Choice
The natives influence Orwell’s decision to shoot the elephant in all the following ways, EXCEPT:
just punishment for the elephant killing the native.
the threat of native ridicule.
not being frightened in front of natives
by doing what the natives expect of him since he is a sahib
the presence of 2,000 natives created added pressure
- 18. Multiple Choice
Orwell’s attitude toward shooting the elephant in paragraph 6 is best described as:
indifferent
unnecessary
inevitable
enthusiastic
- 19. Multiple Choice
Paragraph 4 includes all the following EXCEPT:
simile
a quotation
allusion
derogatory diction
ironic contrast
- 20. Multiple Choice
“Strohschein” means:
the appearance of sunshine.
the sauerkraut is ready.
strong German midfielder.
farm animals consume straw.
the appearance of straw.
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