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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. What war are the front lines in Zaragoza reminiscent of?

2. What do people start saying instead of Buenos dias?

3. Which military group in Spain did Stalin suppress?

4. What does Orwell say he originally came to Spain to do?

5. What makes Orwell's patrols difficult?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Orwell enlist in the militia?

2. Who is the PSUC?

3. What is the Republican's plan to ambush the Fascists?

4. What are Orwell's observations about Spanish culture in the opening chapter?

5. What is Orwell's role as a Cabo?

6. How does Orwell's situation change at the beginning of Chapter 4?

7. What is Barcelona like when Orwell first arrives in 1936?

8. What is the Popular Army?

9. Why is the front such a miserable place to live?

10. What is an officer's role in the militia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the books reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Orwell end the book like he does? Could he have ended the book in another way? What meaning would that new ending have given the book?

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