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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kipling feels that suppressing and controlling native people is what?
(a) Bestial.
(b) Horrible.
(c) Honorable.
(d) Normal.

2. Where does Orwell shoot the elephant?
(a) In the chest.
(b) In the foot.
(c) In the back.
(d) In the head.

3. Orwell believes that Dickens is more than an author, he is a what?
(a) Institution.
(b) Icon.
(c) Hero.
(d) Leader.

4. Orwell believes that Kipling's poetry is remembered because of what?
(a) The lyrical way it is written.
(b) The tonal qualities to the writing.
(c) The subject matter.
(d) The portrayal of values.

5. Kipling provides nearly the only literary description of much of nineteenth-century where?
(a) Anglo-Pacifica.
(b) Anglo-Persia.
(c) Anglo-Arabia.
(d) Anglo-India.

6. Orwell believes that children have no sense of ______ and therefore cannot judge things for what they are.
(a) Proportion.
(b) Self-awareness.
(c) History.
(d) Continuity.

7. When did "No Orchids for Miss Blandish" appear?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1949.

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

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

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

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

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

13. Orwell calls the dual nature that is in all people the ________ view of life.
(a) Sancho Plazas.
(b) Sancho Panza.
(c) Sancho Piazza.
(d) Sancho Pureats.

14. The result of Orwell's translation of a verse from the Bible into typical bad English is what?
(a) Humorous.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Meaningless.
(d) Pathetic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dickens views revolutions as what?

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

3. The premise of "No Orchids for Miss Blandish" is that everyone seeks to increase what?

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

5. Raffles is considered a gentleman _______.

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