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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. Dickens views revolutions as what?
(a) Needed.
(b) Awesome.
(c) Horrible.
(d) Necessary.

2. What kind of employee tells Orwell that he, instead of the antelope, could eat the food Orwell is giving to the antelope?
(a) Park employee.
(b) Municipal employee.
(c) State employee.
(d) Animal caretaker employee.

3. The premise of "No Orchids for Miss Blandish" is that everyone seeks to increase what?
(a) Their personal power.
(b) Their personal wealth.
(c) Their personal standing.
(d) Their personal pride.

4. Orwell rejects, specifically, which of Gandhi's principles as a spiritual practice?
(a) Friend principles.
(b) Political principles.
(c) Material belongings principles.
(d) Dietary principles.

5. McGill's postcards are designed to get what?
(a) A laugh.
(b) Sold.
(c) Noticed.
(d) Collected.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Orwell says that bad English is a good vehicle for what kind of speech?

3. According to Orwell, how does Kipling view life?

4. How many cartridges does Orwell get with his elephant rifle?

5. Dickens says that proper acts are those that are historically what?

(see the answer key)

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