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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, 11, and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did unemployment affect the life of the married man?
(a) Unemployment raised the crime rate.
(b) Unemployment did not make much difference in the home.
(c) Unemployment drove men to drink.
(d) Unemployment encouraged men to do housework.

2. What common feeling was shared by all of the different factions of the middle class in England?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Hatred.

3. How was unemployment viewed by people in the late twenties and early thirties in England?
(a) As something that you had coming to you for being so lazy.
(b) As something that happened to you and from which you could escape.
(c) As something that happened because you did poorly at your job.
(d) As something that happened to you and for which you were to blame.

4. In a year, how many minors are killed at work?
(a) One in ten thousand.
(b) One in twenty.
(c) One in one hundred.
(d) One in nine hundred.

5. What was a favorite refuge for the unemployed man in Wigan?
(a) City Hall.
(b) The shopping areas.
(c) The movie theatre.
(d) The alleys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Comrade X?

2. Why did Orwell believe it was not possible to have a trade union of middle class workers?

3. What did Orwell learn had happened to Wigan Pier?

4. What four words did Orwell discuss in detail as the reason for class distinctions?

5. What did the fillers wear?

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