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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orwell believes that automatic and uncritical thought does what to language?
(a) Reduces it.
(b) Enhances it.
(c) Corrupts it.
(d) Destroys it.

2. Kipling's ideas result in poetry that portrays the common foot soldier as what?
(a) A hero.
(b) A poor man.
(c) A rich son.
(d) A fool.

3. Miss Blandish is the daughter of whom?
(a) A politician.
(b) A nobleman.
(c) A king.
(d) A millionaire.

4. Orwell believes that ________ corrupts thought.
(a) Poor English.
(b) Reduced English.
(c) Haphazard English.
(d) Bad English.

5. The students at the school are told that those who are sinful will exhibit their sin by what?
(a) Guilty facial expressions.
(b) Red marks on their palms,
(c) Sickness and depression.
(d) Black rings around their eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Raffles is considered a gentleman _______.

2. At what age do the McGill postcards imply that sex-appeal evaporates?

3. Why does Orwell shoot the elephant?

4. The obscene McGill postcards are tolerated because they are based on what?

5. What is the name for an entire phrase that stands for single words?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does Orwell believe his past experiences have played in his life?

2. What does the subsequent investigation find regarding Orwell's shooting of the elephant?

3. Why does Orwell refer to Kipling's poetry as "good bad poetry"?

4. What is the plot of "No Orchids for Miss Blandish"?

5. What does Orwell announce after his first beating?

6. Who is Raffles?

7. What is Orwell's intention when he leaves his station to look for the elephant?

8. What are some of the simple pleasures Orwell remembers from school?

9. What describes the purpose of the semi-illicit postcards most newsstands carry?

10. What are the common writing errors that Orwell enumerates in his "Politics and the English Language" essay?

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