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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. At what age do the McGill postcards imply that sex-appeal evaporates?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Forty.
(d) Thirty-five.

2. When did "No Orchids for Miss Blandish" appear?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1939.

3. The Raffles stories glamorize what?
(a) Being a sailor.
(b) Crime.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Being a soldier.

4. Gandhi believed in what dietary principle?
(a) Vegetarianism.
(b) Omnivorism.
(c) Carnivorism.
(d) Gluten-free diets.

5. When Orwell first comes upon the elephant, what is it eating?
(a) Tree leaves.
(b) Grass.
(c) Bark.
(d) Peanuts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Orwell rejects, specifically, which of Gandhi's principles as a spiritual practice?

3. Gandhi became a political figure because he experienced what?

4. Kipling strongly identifies with what class?

5. Orwell believes that the intra-party struggles of the Spanish ______ are intricate, distant, and insignificant.

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