A Collection of Essays Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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A Collection of Essays Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Orwell first comes upon the elephant, what is it eating?
(a) Tree leaves.
(b) Grass.
(c) Peanuts.
(d) Bark.

2. How long does it take Orwell before he started wetting his bed at school?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Five weeks.
(d) Four weeks.

3. Raffles is a cricketer who excels as a what?
(a) Fast bowler.
(b) Slow bowler.
(c) Slow scorer.
(d) Fast scorer.

4. The obscene McGill postcards are tolerated because they are based on what?
(a) Immoral behaviors.
(b) Stereotypes.
(c) Humor.
(d) Accepted values.

5. Miss Blandish is the daughter of whom?
(a) A politician.
(b) A millionaire.
(c) A king.
(d) A nobleman.

6. Orwell finds it remarkable that Dickens attacked everyone without __________ anybody.
(a) Making enemies of.
(b) Pleasing.
(c) Hurting.
(d) Antagonizing.

7. Under the philosophy of the school, obscene displays of wealth are indicative of what?
(a) Moral goodness.
(b) Redemption and power.
(c) Social superiority.
(d) Happiness.

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

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

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

11. Kipling's ideas result in poetry that portrays the common foot soldier as what?
(a) A fool.
(b) A hero.
(c) A poor man.
(d) A rich son.

12. How many sections is the essay on Orwell's school experiences divided into?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

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

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

15. The basic premise of the postcards that deal with marriage is that marriage benefits who?
(a) Only the women.
(b) Only the men.
(c) Both the men and the women.
(d) Only the children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dickens is against trade _______.

2. Orwell says that bad English is a good vehicle for what kind of speech?

3. For Dickens, work is what?

4. How does Orwell, repeatedly, refer to Kipling's poetry?

5. Among the poorer students, illnesses are considered to be be a form of what?

(see the answer keys)

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