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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Why I Write.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gandhi's methods presupposed that the British regime would react in what type of manner?
(a) Insane.
(b) Rational.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Violent.

2. Who does Orwell, while he is at school, smash in the face?
(a) Johnny McDonald.
(b) Johnny Eweing.
(c) Johnny Weston.
(d) Johnny Hall.

3. In general, Orwell believes that bad English ______ the language of meaning.
(a) Reduces.
(b) Voids.
(c) Evaporates.
(d) Annuls.

4. Dickens is against trade _______.
(a) Monopolies.
(b) Embargoes.
(c) Unionism.
(d) Collusion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Orwell believes that what are perpetrated by all sides in nearly all wars?

2. In what type of print does Raffles appear?

3. What breaks during Orwell's second beating?

4. Most characters illustrated on McGill postcards are what?

5. Miss Blandish is the daughter of whom?

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