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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of literature does Kipling write?
(a) Short stories.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Novels.
(d) Serial stories.

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

3. The Raffles stories glamorize what?
(a) Being a soldier.
(b) Hard work.
(c) Being a sailor.
(d) Crime.

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

5. What is Crossgates?
(a) A finishing school.
(b) A technical school.
(c) A boarding school.
(d) A day school.

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

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

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

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

10. In Moulmein, Orwell serves in what capacity?
(a) Police officer.
(b) Trade advisor.
(c) Military advisor.
(d) Local official.

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

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

13. Dickens did not write about what?
(a) The proletariat.
(b) The monarchy.
(c) The family.
(d) The elite.

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

15. In what type of print does Raffles appear?
(a) Books.
(b) Blogs.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Magazines.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Dickens believes that what type of children shouldn't have to work long shifts in crushing labor?

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

4. Orwell's education at Crossgates is intended to gather him what?

5. In general, Orwell believes that bad English ______ the language of meaning.

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