Shooting an Elephant Quizzes

Shooting an Elephant Quiz 1

By Molly Lynch · Last reviewed February 22, 2017

1 What country is "Shooting an Elephant" set in?

Bengal

Burma

England

India
2 Who wrote "Shooting an Elephant"

Rebecca West

Winston Churchill

George Owell

Ernest Hemingway
3 Who colonized Burma at the time of the essay?

The Japanese

The French

The British

The Dutch
4 What is the modern name for Burma?

Bangladesh

Thailand

Myanmar

India
5 What is Orwell's job in the essay?

He is a military officer

He is a civil servant

He is an elephant tamer

He is a police officer
6 Who in particular does Orwell say ridicules him in the essay?

Buddhist priests

Police officers

Women

Children
7 What is wrong with the elephant in the essay?

It is experiencing a bout of 'must'

Nothing is wrong with it. It's perfectly peaceful

It's trying to run free

It has rabies
8 What does Orwell bring with him when he sets off to see the elephant

Nothing

A dah

A cane

A .44 Winchester rifle
9 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 do his duty as a policeman
10 What does Orwell see when he arrives on the scene where the elephant has been rampaging?

A dead man face down in the mud

Many dead people

A dead woman face down in the mud

A dead child in the arms of a woman
11 How would you best characterize Orwell's description of the elephant?

As a grand and powerful animal

As an animal that needs to be killed

As a terrifying animal

As a negligible, harmless creature
12 What is one of the reasons that Orwell feels compelled to kill the elephant?

Because he doesn't want it to crush him

Because he doesn't want it to hurt anyone else

Because it killed a man

Because a large crowd is watching him
13 What, more specifically, is the reason that Orwell is driven to kill the elephant?

Because he wants to prove himself as a servant of the British Empire

Because he doesn't want to be humiliated in front of the Burmese crowd

Because he's afraid of the British Empire

Because he's afraid of it
14 How many wars did the British wage in Burma?

One

Three

None. It was part of India

Two
15 What is one possible reason for the dearth of scholarship on colonial Burma

It was not a particularly violent or dramatic period of British colonial history

Burma is a part of India

Modern Burma (Myanmar) was a closed society, preventing researchers from doing fieldwork

There is more interest in India
16 What other major work did Orwell write on Burma?

Burmese Days

Animal Farm

The Road to Wigan Pier

1984
17 Where was Orwell born?

England

India

Bengal

Burma
18 What best describes Orwell's feelings about his role as a police officer in "Shooting an Elephant"?

Guilty

Ambivalent

Prideful

Vengeful
19 Whose side does Orwell say he's on in "Shooting and Elephant?"

The side of the Burmese

The side of imperialism in general

The side of the British

The side of the Indians
20 What kind of weapon does Orwell use to kill the elephant?

An elephant gun

A .44 Winchester

He doesn't kill it

A dah
21 What happens after Orwell shoots the elephant the first time?

The elephant seems to age, but it stays standing

He misses his first shot

The elephant stands up on its hind legs and rears its trunk

The elephant collapses
22 What happens after the elephant is brought down to the ground?

Orwell shoots it again and it dies

It dies

The crowd laughs

Orwell shoots it multiple times but leaves it breathing
23 What does the crowd do after Orwell leaves?

They laugh at Orwell

They follow Orwell

They go back home and leave the spectacle

They take the meat from the elephant
24 How do the older police officers feel about the killing of the elephant?

They think it was wrong

They think it was the right thing to do

They think that he should have consulted with them first

The think that Orwell was a bad shot
25 How do the young police officers feel about the killing of the elephant?

They are proud of their fellow young officer

They think it was wrong to kill an elephant for killing a coolie

They wished they'd done it

They think it was the right thing to do

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