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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kipling's poetry has penetrated into everyday language because Kipling did what?
(a) Told the truth.
(b) Used colorful language.
(c) Told fanciful stories.
(d) Used common language.

2. Orwell believes that stringent social conformism means that the greatest writers write what type of works?
(a) Short stories.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Non-fiction.

3. When does Orwell meet Miller?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1934.

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

5. What style is "Tropic of Cancer" written in?
(a) First-person narrative.
(b) Poetic.
(c) Autobiographical.
(d) Historical.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orwell believes that Kipling's poetry is remembered because of what?

2. Kipling feels that suppressing and controlling native people is what?

3. Kipling's ideals result in poetry that do what to junior officers in the military?

4. How does Orwell, repeatedly, refer to Kipling's poetry?

5. Orwell believes that most of the post-Great War writers wrote without what?

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