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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Orwell describe Mrs. Brooker?
(a) A beautiful, tall seductress.
(b) An overweight, jolly woman.
(c) A jolly, industrious woman.
(d) An anxious faced, obese invalid.

2. In what positions did Orwell find himself moving through the tunnels in the coal mine?
(a) Standing, crawling and moving on his belly.
(b) Bent over, squatting and crawling.
(c) Bent over, squatting and running.
(d) Bent over, crawling and twisting.

3. What is a cage?
(a) A steel box in which supplies and personal belongings are kept.
(b) A steel box in which coal is transported to the surface.
(c) A steel box in which the foreman rides through the caverns.
(d) A steel box that is lowered at a fast rate into the caverns of the mine.

4. What is "traveling?"
(a) Going up and down in the elevator.
(b) The unpaid time it takes to crawl through the tunnels to the job site.
(c) The unpaid time it takes to get from the job site to the eating area.
(d) Getting to and from the mine from the miner's home.

5. To what man did Orwell compare the coal miner?
(a) To the oil man.
(b) To the banker.
(c) To the plowman.
(d) To the machine driver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was done with the unusable shale inside of the mines?

2. Upon what did Orwell believe our civilization is based?

3. How did Orwell react to the train moving into the countryside?

4. What was the major difference between a mile above ground and a mile in the pit bottom?

5. How far under the ground was Orwell when he reached the bottom of the mine?

(see the answer key)

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