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

2. What does Orwell remember catching at school?
(a) Fireflies.
(b) Chicken pox.
(c) Girls.
(d) Insects.

3. How does the school characterize bed-wetting?
(a) Sad.
(b) Evil.
(c) Pathetic.
(d) Weak.

4. What happens to the elephant after Orwell shoots all his elephant rifle ammunition at it?
(a) It spits up blood.
(b) It dies.
(c) It is still breathing.
(d) It wanders off.

5. At what time period does Raffles capture the public's imagination?
(a) Beginning of the 18th century.
(b) Beginning of the 19th century.
(c) Beginning of the 17th century.
(d) Beginning of the 20th century.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Marrakech?

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

4. In one example, Orwell translates a verse from what book into typical bad English?

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

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