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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Boys' Weekly is often described as "penny ________" what?
(a) Dreadfuls.
(b) Papers.
(c) Teasers.
(d) Tastelesses.

2. When does Orwell meet Miller?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1936.

3. Orwell questions whether Gandhi truly understood the nature of what?
(a) Dictatorships.
(b) Colonialism.
(c) Totalitarianism.
(d) Monarchies.

4. Orwell believes that automatic and uncritical thought does what to language?
(a) Enhances it.
(b) Reduces it.
(c) Corrupts it.
(d) Destroys it.

5. Who was the leader of Russia at the time of the Spanish Civil War?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Nicholas.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Catherine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Orwell believes that Dickens is more than an author, he is a what?

3. Dickens treats all petty officials with what?

4. Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia," has a distinctly _______ feel.

5. Why do the English people support the brutal and discriminatory laws?

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