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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Orwell, how does Kipling view life?
(a) Artistically.
(b) Insensitvely.
(c) Imperialistically.
(d) Morally.

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

3. Orwell's study of English literature shows that English literature moves from a focus on the beauty of nature to a focus on the tragic nature of what?
(a) Society.
(b) Children.
(c) Life.
(d) Living.

4. Orwell believes that good English writing demands what?
(a) Work.
(b) Determination.
(c) Editing.
(d) Attention.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kipling provides nearly the only literary description of much of nineteenth-century where?

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

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

4. Kipling strongly identifies with what class?

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

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