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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Looking Back on the Spanish War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who delivers the beatings to Orwell for wetting his bed?
(a) The dean.
(b) The principal.
(c) The resident advisor.
(d) The headmaster.

2. Orwell believes that Dickens is more than an author, he is a what?
(a) Icon.
(b) Leader.
(c) Hero.
(d) Institution.

3. Dickens believes that society's ills are partially due to what?
(a) Lack of families.
(b) Lack of government.
(c) Lack of history.
(d) Lack of morals.

4. Dickens did not write about what?
(a) The elite.
(b) The proletariat.
(c) The monarchy.
(d) The family.

5. Orwell believes that revolution and warfare make people behave how?
(a) Extremely.
(b) Strangely.
(c) Passively.
(d) Differently.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orwell believes that good English writing demands what?

2. Orwell says that no armed force, just perceptions, maintain what?

3. The premise of "No Orchids for Miss Blandish" is that everyone seeks to increase what?

4. When political truth is difficult, meaningless ________ becomes acceptable.

5. At what age do the McGill postcards imply that sex-appeal evaporates?

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