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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orwell says that all successful people share his desire for what?
(a) Vainglory.
(b) Receiving attention.
(c) Money.
(d) Influence.

2. What is the name of the side opposite Orwell in the Spanish Civil War?
(a) The Elitists.
(b) The Empirists.
(c) The Socialists.
(d) The Fascists.

3. According to Orwell, the English common people exhibit a type of ________ feeling.
(a) Emotional.
(b) Christian.
(c) Restrictive.
(d) Friendly.

4. When does Orwell meet Miller?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1935.

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

6. England has a vast division between what?
(a) The east and the west.
(b) The rich and the poor.
(c) The north and the south.
(d) The noble and the common.

7. The Spanish Civil War was essentially a(n) _______ war.
(a) Class.
(b) Civil.
(c) Internal.
(d) Baseless.

8. English citizens, according to Orwell, have a love of what, but not because of aesthetics?
(a) Pictures.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Women.

9. Who is at the top of the social pyramid in Marrakech?
(a) Rich merchants.
(b) Army commanders.
(c) English imperialists.
(d) Rich farmers.

10. Gandhi's methods presupposed that the British regime would react in what type of manner?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Insane.
(c) Rational.
(d) Violent.

11. Why do the English people support the brutal and discriminatory laws?
(a) They value the rule of law.
(b) They have no choice.
(c) They don't know anything better.
(d) They think it has always been this way.

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

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

14. What style is "Tropic of Cancer" written in?
(a) Autobiographical.
(b) Poetic.
(c) Historical.
(d) First-person narrative.

15. Orwell describes himself as what?
(a) Insecure.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Needy.
(d) Vain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orwell, although he once found Houseman to be enjoyable, now finds his writings to be what?

2. Most Europeans who visit Marrakech are appalled at the harsh treatment meted out to what?

3. Totalitarian Russia is associated with what type of political beliefs?

4. Which is not a title Orwell lists as one of the boys' weeklies?

5. The most marked characteristic of England, according to Orwell, is what?

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