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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Socialists think of the occupational centers?
(a) They believed the centers were brainwashing men.
(b) They believed the centers should do more training.
(c) They believed the centers were there to keep the unemployed quiet and hopeful.
(d) They believed the centers were run by Marxists.

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

3. What were "cream crackers?"
(a) Potato chips.
(b) Fried bread.
(c) Biscuits.
(d) Oreos.

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

5. What kind of shop was attached to the Brooker's boarding house?
(a) A smoke shop.
(b) A small grocery.
(c) A women's dress shop.
(d) A tripe shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were some of the restrictions placed on residents of Corporation housing?

2. What did Orwell find to be the determining factor in the way housekeeping was done?

3. How did D. H. Lawrence come to Orwell's mind as he rode the train?

4. What is "buttons down the back?"

5. Why did Orwell believe the return trip through the tunnels was worse than the initial one?

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