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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miller telld Orwell that his goal of direct participation in the Spanish Civil War was what?
(a) Ridiculous.
(b) Moronic.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Idiotic.

2. Orwell says that no book is entirely free from what?
(a) Political bias.
(b) Comic relief.
(c) Personal influences.
(d) Individual history.

3. The changes in England have been accompanied by the rapid expansion of the what?
(a) Government.
(b) Poor class.
(c) Middle class.
(d) Economic gap.

4. What, does Orwell believe, is stronger than class hatred in England?
(a) Patriotism.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Cultural similarities.
(d) Nationalism.

5. What age are the boy's weeklies aimed at?
(a) 10-16.
(b) 9-16.
(c) 11-16.
(d) 12-16.

6. Orwell says that no armed force, just perceptions, maintain what?
(a) The enslavement of the locals.
(b) The condition of the women.
(c) The condition of the children.
(d) The social structure.

7. The storylines in "Gem" and "Magnet" seem frozen at what time?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1925.

8. Early in his life, Gandhi tried to _______ British culture.
(a) Reject.
(b) Assimilate.
(c) Ignore.
(d) Promote.

9. Orwell thinks that the antelope looks like it would be good to do what to?
(a) To eat.
(b) To pet.
(c) To ride.
(d) To keep.

10. Which religious type, in Marrakech, is crowded into restricted areas?
(a) Christians.
(b) Hindus.
(c) Muslims.
(d) Jews.

11. Orwell says that, since 1936, everything he has written has been what?
(a) Long.
(b) Scientific.
(c) Political.
(d) Historical.

12. How many reasons compel writers to write, according to Orwell?
(a) Two or more.
(b) Three or more.
(c) One or more.
(d) Four or more.

13. Which is not a title Orwell lists as one of the boys' weeklies?
(a) Rover.
(b) Champion.
(c) Skipper.
(d) Hound.

14. Boys' Weekly is often described as "penny ________" what?
(a) Teasers.
(b) Dreadfuls.
(c) Tastelesses.
(d) Papers.

15. The boys' weeklies completely lack what?
(a) Political development.
(b) Sad stories.
(c) Working-class characters.
(d) Reality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orwell doesn't believe that Gandhi's political beliefs can be separated from what?

2. Why do the English people support the brutal and discriminatory laws?

3. The officers of the Senegalese soldiers are not marching, they are what?

4. Orwell's study of English literature shows that English literature moves from a focus on the beauty of nature to a focus on the tragic nature of what?

5. Orwell rejects, specifically, which of Gandhi's principles as a spiritual practice?

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