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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unit does Orwell's English paper allow him to join?
(a) POUM.
(b) EGAL.
(c) POPA.
(d) SWAT.

2. What queue does Orwell describe as often hundreds of yards long?
(a) The meat queue.
(b) The cigarette queue.
(c) The sweet queue.
(d) The bread queue.

3. What is on top of each hilltop?
(a) A head quarters.
(b) A flag.
(c) A tank.
(d) A machine gunner.

4. What does Orwell say the trenches stink of?
(a) Human excrement.
(b) Cigar smoke.
(c) Dead bodies.
(d) Working men.

5. What confuses Orwell about the Spanish language in Barcelona?
(a) The dialect.
(b) The speed.
(c) The humor.
(d) The slang.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Orwell say he speaks badly?

2. Where does Orwell's POUM unit travel to from Sietamo?

3. Why do people prefer the Popular Army to the militia?

4. What color did the Anarchists paint the trams and taxis?

5. What are officers regarded as in the militia?

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