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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Orwells says that the political ______ is able to create or dismiss war's happenings to fit the current political atmosphere's needs.
(a) Press.
(b) Elite.
(c) Process.
(d) Machine.

5. Where is Marrakech?
(a) Tahiti.
(b) Korea.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Morocco.

6. Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia," has a distinctly _______ feel.
(a) Historical.
(b) Journalistic.
(c) Artistic.
(d) Political.

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

8. Where does Orwell point to as a negative example of what Gandhi was trying to promote?
(a) Tibet.
(b) Taiwan.
(c) Ukraine.
(d) Russia.

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

10. Totalitarian Russia is associated with what type of political beliefs?
(a) Anarchy.
(b) Despotism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Democracy.

11. How did the British feel about Gandhi?
(a) They favored him.
(b) They honored him.
(c) They respected him.
(d) They feared him.

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

13. English national characteristics include a lack of what type of inclination?
(a) Artistic.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Athletic.
(d) Scientific.

14. What do boys' weeklies do to foreigners in their stories?
(a) Destroy them.
(b) Ignore them.
(c) Enslave them.
(d) Stereotype them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of park does Orwell sit in when he feeds the antelope?

2. Orwell watches a troop of ______ Senegalese soldiers walk by him in Marrakech.

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

4. Orwell questions whether Gandhi truly understood the nature of what?

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

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