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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through England Your England.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orwell believes that automatic and uncritical thought does what to language?
(a) Reduces it.
(b) Destroys it.
(c) Corrupts it.
(d) Enhances it.

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

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

4. With what accent do all of Dickens's heroes speak?
(a) Slums.
(b) Upper-class.
(c) Middle-class.
(d) Dock worker.

5. The result of Orwell's translation of a verse from the Bible into typical bad English is what?
(a) Humorous.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Meaningless.
(d) Pathetic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Miller telld Orwell that his goal of direct participation in the Spanish Civil War was what?

3. Most Europeans who visit Marrakech are appalled at the harsh treatment meted out to what?

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

5. Orwell calls the dual nature that is in all people the ________ view of life.

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