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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Inside the Whale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name for an entire phrase that stands for single words?
(a) Small operators.
(b) Summary words.
(c) False operators.
(d) Summary phrases.

2. When political truth is difficult, meaningless ________ becomes acceptable.
(a) Descriptions.
(b) Metaphors.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Imagery.

3. Orwell believes that ________ corrupts thought.
(a) Reduced English.
(b) Poor English.
(c) Bad English.
(d) Haphazard English.

4. Kipling's ideals result in poetry that do what to junior officers in the military?
(a) Praises them.
(b) Ridicules them.
(c) Makes them heroes.
(d) De-humanizes them.

5. Totalitarian Russia is associated with what type of political beliefs?
(a) Despotism.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Communism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade does a new group of writers who begin to focus on the ideal of a serious purpose in life emerge?

2. Kipling's ideas result in poetry that portrays the common foot soldier as what?

3. When does Orwell meet Miller?

4. In general, Orwell believes that bad English ______ the language of meaning.

5. How many writing samples does Orwell mention in the beginning of "Politics and the English Language"?

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