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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orwell believes that Dickens is more than an author, he is a what?
(a) Icon.
(b) Leader.
(c) Hero.
(d) Institution.

2. How man people gather to watch Orwell find the elephant?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 2,000,000.

3. McGill's postcards are designed to get what?
(a) Noticed.
(b) A laugh.
(c) Collected.
(d) Sold.

4. Who is the author of the Raffles stories?
(a) Hornmurrg.
(b) Horntrung.
(c) Hornsung.
(d) Hornung.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Boys' Weekly is often described as "penny ________" what?

2. The boys' weeklies completely lack what?

3. McGill postcards say that a man can never win what with a woman?

4. What kind of park does Orwell sit in when he feeds the antelope?

5. In Moulmein, Orwell serves in what capacity?

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