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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Why I Write," Orwell examines his ________ _______ in writing.
(a) Personal history.
(b) Personal feelings.
(c) Personal bias.
(d) Personal interest.

2. Orwell says that no armed force, just perceptions, maintain what?
(a) The condition of the women.
(b) The social structure.
(c) The enslavement of the locals.
(d) The condition of the children.

3. Kipling's ideals result in poetry that do what to junior officers in the military?
(a) Ridicules them.
(b) De-humanizes them.
(c) Makes them heroes.
(d) Praises them.

4. The main serialized stories of both "Gem" and "Magnet" focus on what?
(a) Church.
(b) Athletics.
(c) Home life.
(d) School life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Orwell's education at Crossgates is intended to gather him what?

2. Orwell rejects, specifically, which of Gandhi's principles as a spiritual practice?

3. Who delivers the beatings to Orwell for wetting his bed?

4. Non-objective truth, according to Orwell, is a diagnostic symptom of what?

5. Orwells says that the political ______ is able to create or dismiss war's happenings to fit the current political atmosphere's needs.

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