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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) Madrid.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rome.

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

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

5. How does Orwell, repeatedly, refer to Kipling's poetry?
(a) Good novel poetry.
(b) Good bad poetry.
(c) Good musical poetry.
(d) Good versical poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miller telld Orwell that his goal of direct participation in the Spanish Civil War was what?

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

3. Orwell believes that ________ corrupts thought.

4. Orwell believes that good English writing demands what?

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

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