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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trait, of the students, determines their discipline level and what classes they can take?
(a) Their intelligence level.
(b) Their test scores.
(c) Their economic status.
(d) Their future career paths.

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

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

4. Dickens focuses on the institutions of what?
(a) The past.
(b) The government.
(c) The future.
(d) Society.

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

6. The dirty postcards are a sign that people sometimes wish that society wasn't so what?
(a) Civilized.
(b) Moral.
(c) Uptight.
(d) Noble.

7. Dickens feels that _________ success is paramount.
(a) Individual.
(b) Familial.
(c) Societal.
(d) Governmental.

8. Dickens believes that society's ills are partially due to what?
(a) Lack of morals.
(b) Lack of families.
(c) Lack of government.
(d) Lack of history.

9. What is the name for an entire phrase that stands for single words?
(a) Summary phrases.
(b) False operators.
(c) Small operators.
(d) Summary words.

10. Kipling's poetry has penetrated into everyday language because Kipling did what?
(a) Told the truth.
(b) Used common language.
(c) Used colorful language.
(d) Told fanciful stories.

11. Dickens suggests that if man would be decent, then _________ would be decent.
(a) Children.
(b) Humanity.
(c) Government.
(d) Society.

12. How many writing samples does Orwell mention in the beginning of "Politics and the English Language"?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Seven.

13. Most characters illustrated on McGill postcards are what?
(a) Stick figures.
(b) Cartoon figures.
(c) Family figures.
(d) Stock figures.

14. What is the "Blitz" of World War II?
(a) The invasion of Russia.
(b) The invasion of Germany.
(c) The air-war.
(d) The sea-war.

15. Kipling believes that there is what type of law, that he considers morally right?
(a) Ethical.
(b) Natural.
(c) God's.
(d) Moral.

Short Answer Questions

1. When political truth is difficult, meaningless ________ becomes acceptable.

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

3. To a modern sensibility, much of Kipling's philosophy is what?

4. Where does Orwell shoot the elephant?

5. What happens to the elephant after Orwell shoots all his elephant rifle ammunition at it?

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