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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Raffles stories glamorize what?
(a) Being a sailor.
(b) Hard work.
(c) Being a soldier.
(d) Crime.

2. Gandhi believed in what dietary principle?
(a) Carnivorism.
(b) Vegetarianism.
(c) Gluten-free diets.
(d) Omnivorism.

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

4. Gandhi became a political figure because he experienced what?
(a) Prestige.
(b) Discrimination.
(c) Resentment.
(d) Fatigue.

5. Orwell believes that revolution and warfare make people behave how?
(a) Extremely.
(b) Strangely.
(c) Differently.
(d) Passively.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dickens was considered a social _______.

2. Orwell believes that war is necessarily what?

3. Gandhi's methods presupposed that the British regime would react in what type of manner?

4. Orwell's early attempts at writing were focused on what type of poems?

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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