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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orwell says that all successful people share his desire for what?
(a) Influence.
(b) Vainglory.
(c) Money.
(d) Receiving attention.

2. Orwell believes that war is necessarily what?
(a) Wearying.
(b) Taxing.
(c) Evil.
(d) Useful.

3. The Spanish Civil War was essentially a(n) _______ war.
(a) Internal.
(b) Class.
(c) Baseless.
(d) Civil.

4. When does Orwell meet Miller?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1935.

5. Gandhi's methods presupposed that the British regime would react in what type of manner?
(a) Violent.
(b) Insane.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Rational.

6. Orwells says that the political ______ is able to create or dismiss war's happenings to fit the current political atmosphere's needs.
(a) Process.
(b) Elite.
(c) Machine.
(d) Press.

7. What do boys' weeklies do to foreigners in their stories?
(a) Ignore them.
(b) Destroy them.
(c) Stereotype them.
(d) Enslave them.

8. What is the name of the side opposite Orwell in the Spanish Civil War?
(a) The Fascists.
(b) The Elitists.
(c) The Empirists.
(d) The Socialists.

9. The boys' weeklies completely lack what?
(a) Political development.
(b) Sad stories.
(c) Reality.
(d) Working-class characters.

10. Early in his life, Gandhi tried to _______ British culture.
(a) Reject.
(b) Ignore.
(c) Promote.
(d) Assimilate.

11. What city is "Tropic of Cancer" set in?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Rome.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

12. Orwell says that, since 1936, everything he has written has been what?
(a) Long.
(b) Historical.
(c) Scientific.
(d) Political.

13. Orwell believes that revolution and warfare make people behave how?
(a) Strangely.
(b) Passively.
(c) Extremely.
(d) Differently.

14. English national characteristics include a lack of what type of inclination?
(a) Artistic.
(b) Athletic.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Scientific.

15. The most marked characteristic of England, according to Orwell, is what?
(a) Its spirituality.
(b) Its monarchy.
(c) Its hypocrisy.
(d) Its gentleness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orwell doesn't believe that Gandhi's political beliefs can be separated from what?

2. Which religious type, in Marrakech, is crowded into restricted areas?

3. Non-objective truth, according to Orwell, is a diagnostic symptom of what?

4. The storylines in "Gem" and "Magnet" seem frozen at what time?

5. Who supported Franco's defeat in the Spanish Civil War?

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