WorksheetsShooting an Elephant
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is the name of the author of the short story, "Shooting an Elephant?
VS Naipaul
George Orwell
Gabriella Mistral
George Clooney
What is the setting of the story?
Baltic Ocean
Burma
Belmopan
Belize
The country in which the story is set is now known as
Ethiopia
India
Japan
Myanmar
What major incident in the story involved the narrator?
An elephant had escaped and killed an Indian
There was a fight
He was being fired
He had to return home
the policy of forming and maintaining an empire to gain economic power
Imperialism
despotic
paradox
labyrinth
ruling without allowing any disagreemnet: tyrannical
paradox
Despotic
ambiguity
refelective essay
a complext structure of twisting passages, a maze
despotic
imperialism
Labyrinth
ambiguity
The Elephant dies with only one shot.
True
False
What is the attitude of the locals toward the Europeans in the story?
They like them
They despise them
They could care less about them
They tolerate them
The story is set in what time period?
1920's
1950's
1850's
1870's
