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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The stories in the boys' weeklies are ______ and _________.
(a) Realistic and humorous.
(b) Fanciful and stylized.
(c) Basic and simple.
(d) Complex and stagnant.

2. Orwell says that writers are usually vain and what?
(a) Self-confidant.
(b) Selfless.
(c) Self-centered.
(d) Self-hating.

3. When was Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer" published?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1935.

4. How did Gandhi feel about the British?
(a) He was friends with them.
(b) He despised them.
(c) He didn't like them.
(d) He valued their opinion.

5. Who was the leader of Russia at the time of the Spanish Civil War?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Nicholas.

6. Orwell believes that the ruling class of England is what?
(a) Cowardly.
(b) Deceitful.
(c) Wicked.
(d) Not teachable.

7. Orwell, although he once found Houseman to be enjoyable, now finds his writings to be what?
(a) Off-color.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Boring.
(d) Quaint.

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

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

10. In "Why I Write," Orwell examines his ________ _______ in writing.
(a) Personal bias.
(b) Personal history.
(c) Personal feelings.
(d) Personal interest.

11. Orwell believes that stringent social conformism means that the greatest writers write what type of works?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Fiction.
(c) Non-fiction.
(d) Short stories.

12. Orwell doesn't believe that Gandhi's political beliefs can be separated from what?
(a) His duty to his people.
(b) His religious beliefs.
(c) His duty to God.
(d) His political actions.

13. Orwell questions whether Gandhi truly understood the nature of what?
(a) Totalitarianism.
(b) Monarchies.
(c) Colonialism.
(d) Dictatorships.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Orwell believes that the intra-party struggles of the Spanish ______ are intricate, distant, and insignificant.

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

3. Who supported Franco's defeat in the Spanish Civil War?

4. Gandhi believed in what dietary principle?

5. Gandhi believed that he should avoid having what type of friends?

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