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

2. Kipling feels that suppressing and controlling native people is what?
(a) Honorable.
(b) Normal.
(c) Bestial.
(d) Horrible.

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

4. Kipling's ideas result in poetry that portrays the common foot soldier as what?
(a) A rich son.
(b) A hero.
(c) A poor man.
(d) A fool.

5. Orwell says that bad English is a good vehicle for what kind of speech?
(a) Political.
(b) Honest.
(c) Moral.
(d) Rhetorical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name for an entire phrase that stands for single words?

2. When was Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer" published?

3. Orwell believes that ________ corrupts thought.

4. What is one of the common writing errors that Orwell points out in his essay?

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

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