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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. With what accent do all of Dickens's heroes speak?
(a) Upper-class.
(b) Middle-class.
(c) Dock worker.
(d) Slums.

4. Dickens is against trade _______.
(a) Collusion.
(b) Unionism.
(c) Monopolies.
(d) Embargoes.

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

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

7. How does Miss Blandish die?
(a) She is drowned in the river.
(b) She commits suicide.
(c) Her kidnappers kill her.
(d) She is run over by a car.

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

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

10. Dickens views revolutions as what?
(a) Needed.
(b) Horrible.
(c) Awesome.
(d) Necessary.

11. The McGill postcards say that no marriage is what?
(a) Valid.
(b) Argument-free.
(c) Complete.
(d) Happy.

12. Orwell says that Dickens never wrote of what?
(a) Government.
(b) Battle.
(c) Sickness.
(d) Fear.

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

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

15. In what country is Moulmein?
(a) Lower Burma.
(b) Lower Pakistan.
(c) Lower India.
(d) Lower Arabia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orwell remember catching at school?

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

3. Where does Orwell shoot the elephant?

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

5. Orwell finds it remarkable that Dickens attacked everyone without __________ anybody.

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