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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For Dickens, work is what?
(a) An issue of money.
(b) An event that happens elsewhere.
(c) Something that happens on occasion.
(d) A moral thing.

2. 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?
(a) Children.
(b) Society.
(c) Living.
(d) Life.

3. Dickens believes that what type of children shouldn't have to work long shifts in crushing labor?
(a) Small.
(b) Rich.
(c) Young.
(d) Gifted.

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

5. Orwell says that bad English is a good vehicle for what kind of speech?
(a) Political.
(b) Rhetorical.
(c) Honest.
(d) Moral.

Short Answer Questions

1. The result of Orwell's translation of a verse from the Bible into typical bad English is what?

2. Is Donald McGill a real person?

3. Kipling feels that suppressing and controlling native people is what?

4. The basic premise of the postcards that deal with marriage is that marriage benefits who?

5. What is one of the common writing errors that Orwell points out in his essay?

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