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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Paddy eventually killed?

2. Where does the narrator hide his money?

3. For how long is the narrator staying at the spike?

4. On the what do the tramps sleep?

5. Where does the narrator say is the best lodgings?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize chapter 37.

2. What shocks the narrator in chapter 35?

3. How is Paddy different from Boris?

4. What happens in the morning at the spike in chapter 27?

5. How does Bozo earn his money?

6. Describe the narrator's first night in London?

7. How is Bozo more interesting than other homeless people he has met in the book?

8. Describe the Salvation Army shelter.

9. How does Bozo win the narrator's admiration in chapter 33?

10. What happens to Paddy and Bozo in the final chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the narrator represent working class life? In what ways does the book display both the good and bad sides of working class life?

Essay Topic 2

Down and Out in Paris and London focuses on poverty.

1) Why was poverty such an issue in 1930's Europe?

2) What problems did Orwell highlight concerning poverty?

3) What problems concerning poverty in Europe could Orwell focus on today?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the values of 1930's America.

1) Why did so many writers and artists move to Europe during this time?

2) In what ways are the characters' characteristics a product of their time? Was Europe was going through a transitional phase in the thirties? What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?

3) Does modern society share any values with thirties Europe?

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