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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. The subsequent investigation finds that Orwell was _______ in shooting the elephant.
(a) Brave.
(b) Justified.
(c) Honorable.
(d) Wrong.

2. McGill postcards' jokes are not witty, but are what?
(a) Humorous.
(b) Vulgar.
(c) Disgusting,
(d) Well-writen.

3. Dickens suggests that if man would be decent, then _________ would be decent.
(a) Children.
(b) Government.
(c) Humanity.
(d) Society.

4. In one example, Orwell translates a verse from what book into typical bad English?
(a) King James Bible.
(b) Old Latin Bible.
(c) New Version Bible.
(d) Christian Bible.

5. How does Miss Blandish die?
(a) She is run over by a car.
(b) She commits suicide.
(c) She is drowned in the river.
(d) Her kidnappers kill her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orwell believes that Dickens is more than an author, he is a what?

2. The dirty postcards are a sign that people sometimes wish that society wasn't so what?

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

4. The students at the school are told that those who are sinful will exhibit their sin by what?

5. Why does Orwell shoot the elephant?

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