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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age do the McGill postcards imply that sex-appeal evaporates?
(a) Forty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Thirty-five.
(d) Twenty-five.

2. Dickens is not what type of writer?
(a) Revolutionary.
(b) Comic.
(c) Serious.
(d) Emotional.

3. Who is Bingo?
(a) The smallest student.
(b) The headmistress.
(c) The school nurse.
(d) The physical education teacher.

4. Orwell believes that ________ corrupts thought.
(a) Poor English.
(b) Bad English.
(c) Haphazard English.
(d) Reduced English.

5. Dickens was considered a social _______.
(a) Radical.
(b) Elitist.
(c) Survivor.
(d) Reforms.

6. What breaks during Orwell's second beating?
(a) The belt.
(b) The stick.
(c) The wood.
(d) The cane.

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

8. Orwell believes that good English writing demands what?
(a) Attention.
(b) Work.
(c) Editing.
(d) Determination.

9. Who does Orwell, while he is at school, smash in the face?
(a) Johnny Weston.
(b) Johnny Eweing.
(c) Johnny Hall.
(d) Johnny McDonald.

10. Orwell's education at Crossgates is intended to gather him what?
(a) Sponsors.
(b) Scholarships.
(c) Good job offers.
(d) Advancement opporunities.

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

12. How many scholarships does Orwell win?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

13. How many cartridges does Orwell get with his elephant rifle?
(a) Six,
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

14. According to Orwell, how does Kipling view life?
(a) Imperialistically.
(b) Morally.
(c) Artistically.
(d) Insensitvely.

15. Orwell says that using bad English is what?
(a) Pervasive.
(b) Easy.
(c) A woman's mistake.
(d) Uncommon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The students at the school are told that those who are sinful will exhibit their sin by what?

3. In Moulmein, Orwell serves in what capacity?

4. Orwell leaves the scene of the elephant shooting feeling what?

5. Kipling provides nearly the only literary description of much of nineteenth-century where?

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