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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1960s.

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

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

4. Orwell believes that most of the post-Great War writers wrote without what?
(a) Political conviction.
(b) Political meanings.
(c) Political views.
(d) Political ideology.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In one example, Orwell translates a verse from what book into typical bad English?

3. Orwell believes that stringent social conformism means that the greatest writers write what type of works?

4. What type of literature does Kipling write?

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

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