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Shooting an Elephant

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the author of the short story, "Shooting an Elephant?

a)

VS Naipaul

b)

George Orwell

c)

Gabriella Mistral

d)

George Clooney

2.

What is the setting of the story?

a)

Baltic Ocean

b)

Burma

c)

Belmopan

d)

Belize

3.

The country in which the story is set is now known as

a)

Ethiopia

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

Myanmar

4.

What major incident in the story involved the narrator?

a)

An elephant had escaped and killed an Indian

b)

There was a fight

c)

He was being fired

d)

He had to return home

5.

the policy of forming and maintaining an empire to gain economic power

a)

Imperialism

b)

despotic

c)

paradox

d)

labyrinth

6.

ruling without allowing any disagreemnet: tyrannical

a)

paradox

b)

Despotic

c)

ambiguity

d)

refelective essay

7.

a complext structure of twisting passages, a maze

a)

despotic

b)

imperialism

c)

Labyrinth

d)

ambiguity

8.

The Elephant dies with only one shot.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What is the attitude of the locals toward the Europeans in the story?

a)

They like them

b)

They despise them

c)

They could care less about them

d)

They tolerate them

10.

The story is set in what time period?

a)

1920's

b)

1950's

c)

1850's

d)

1870's