Name
SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT
Date
READING QUIZ
Text pages 897-906
Directions: Recall the information in George Orwell’s essay. Then answer the questions in
phrases or sentences.
1. What is Orwell’s job in Lower Burma?
2. What does the subinspector ask Orwell to do?
3. What does Orwell say is true of stories in the East?
4. How is Orwell’s desire when he sees the elephant different from the crowd’s desire?
5. What does Orwell say is the struggle of his entire life as well as the struggle of every white
man in the East?
4.
Analyze a Reflective Essay: (1)How does “Shooting an Elephant” show that Orwell sympathized with the underdog and opposed political and social injustice? (2) In what way does
his position negate or support Kipling’s “White Man’s Burden”? Be sure to respond to both
questions.
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British Literature
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