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George OrwellShooting an Elephant
Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1936A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Answer Key
Reading Check
1. Burma (present-day Myanmar) (Paragraph 1)
2. Tripping him at the soccer game (Paragraph 1)
3. The elephant is in “must.” (Paragraph 3)
4. One (Paragraph 4)
Short Answer
1. He bitterly hates imperialism. (Paragraph 2)
2. He is deeply impacted by others’ opinions of him and does not want to be considered a fool. (Paragraph 14)
3. Some Europeans thought he did the right thing; others did not. (Paragraph 14)
4. The people of the village cut up the corpse, leaving only bones. (Paragraph 13)
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By George Orwell
