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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) Summary phrases.
(b) Summary words.
(c) Small operators.
(d) False operators.

2. What city is "Tropic of Cancer" set in?
(a) London.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rome.

3. How many writing samples does Orwell mention in the beginning of "Politics and the English Language"?
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

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

5. To a modern sensibility, much of Kipling's philosophy is what?
(a) Nonsensical.
(b) Anti-religion.
(c) Anti-family.
(d) Common place.

Short Answer Questions

1. The result of Orwell's translation of a verse from the Bible into typical bad English is what?

2. Kipling believes that there is what type of law, that he considers morally right?

3. Orwell says that using bad English is what?

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

5. What style is "Tropic of Cancer" written in?

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