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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dickens says that proper acts are those that are historically what?
(a) Valid.
(b) Inevitable.
(c) Justified.
(d) Needed.

2. Non-objective truth, according to Orwell, is a diagnostic symptom of what?
(a) A democratic state.
(b) A totalitarian state.
(c) A communist state.
(d) A republican state.

3. Raffles is a cricketer who excels as a what?
(a) Slow scorer.
(b) Fast bowler.
(c) Slow bowler.
(d) Fast scorer.

4. Who supported Franco's defeat in the Spanish Civil War?
(a) America.
(b) Britain.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

5. When political truth is difficult, meaningless ________ becomes acceptable.
(a) Descriptions.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Metaphors.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade does a new group of writers who begin to focus on the ideal of a serious purpose in life emerge?

2. Orwell believes that good English writing demands what?

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

4. Orwell considers, in "England Your England," how England is composed of varied what?

5. Orwell's study of English literature shows that English literature moves from a focus on the beauty of nature to a focus on the tragic nature of what?

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