Shooting an Elephant

What country is "Shooting an Elephant" set in?

• China

• England

• Burma

• India

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Who wrote "Shooting an Elephant"

• Rebecca West

• George Orwell

• Winston Churchill

• Adam West

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Who colonized Burma at the time of the essay?

• The Japanese

• The British

• The Dutch

• The French

What is Orwell's job in the essay?

• Elephant Tamer

• Teacher

• Civil Servant

• Police Officer

What is wrong with the elephant in the essay?

• It has must

• It's injured from the circus

• It wants to be free

• It has rabies

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What does Orwell bring with him when he sets off to see the elephant

• Nothing

• A knife

• .44 Winchester (a gun)

• A cane

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What does Orwell say about how he feels when he sees the elephant

• He wants to save the people from the elephant

• He wants to run away

• He doesn't want to kill it

• He wants to steal the elephant for himself

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What is the reason that Orwell is driven to kill the elephant?

• He doesn't like animals

• He's afraid

• He doesn't want to be humiliated

• For the British Empire

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Which statement describes the main theme of the essay?

• Attempting to exert your control over another person or creature will only result in violence and people’s eventual death.

• It is safer to act as other people expect you to, rather than to draw attention to the things that make you different.

• No one has a natural inclination towards violence and conquering, rather it is something that is taught and learned.

• In the process of trying to exert control over others, we can lose a sense of who we are and our own power.

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Which detail from the text best supports the answer to the main theme question?

• “All I knew was that I was stuck between my hatred of the empire I served and my rage against the evil- spirited little beasts who tried to make my job impossible.” (Paragraph 2)

• “I had no intention of shooting the elephant — I had merely sent for the rifle to defend myself if necessary — and it is always unnerving to have a crowd following you.” (Paragraph 5)

• “but in reality I was only an absurd puppet pushed to and fro by the will of those yellow faces behind. I perceived in this moment that when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys.” (Paragraph 7)

• “I felt that I had got to put an end to that dreadful noise. It seemed dreadful to see the great beast lying there, powerless to move and yet powerless to die, and not even to be able to finish him.” (Paragraph 12)

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