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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is the most reliable enemy of Fascism?
(a) The working class.
(b) The poor.
(c) The elite class.
(d) The middle-class.
2. Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia," has a distinctly _______ feel.
(a) Artistic.
(b) Journalistic.
(c) Historical.
(d) Political.
3. Which is not a title Orwell lists as one of the boys' weeklies?
(a) Hound.
(b) Skipper.
(c) Rover.
(d) Champion.
4. Orwell regrets that there are no ____________ boys' weeklies.
(a) Left-leaning.
(b) Better written.
(c) More dramatic.
(d) Realistic.
5. The stories in the boys' weeklies are ______ and _________.
(a) Complex and stagnant.
(b) Basic and simple.
(c) Fanciful and stylized.
(d) Realistic and humorous.
6. How many reasons compel writers to write, according to Orwell?
(a) Four or more.
(b) One or more.
(c) Two or more.
(d) Three or more.
7. Gandhi believed that he should avoid having what type of friends?
(a) Spiteful friends.
(b) Giving friends.
(c) Close friends.
(d) Religious friends.
8. How did Gandhi feel about the British?
(a) He valued their opinion.
(b) He despised them.
(c) He was friends with them.
(d) He didn't like them.
9. In "Why I Write," Orwell examines his ________ _______ in writing.
(a) Personal feelings.
(b) Personal interest.
(c) Personal bias.
(d) Personal history.
10. Who does most of the work on the farms in Marrakech?
(a) The children.
(b) The slaves.
(c) The women.
(d) The men.
11. What is the first reason that writers might be compelled to write?
(a) The want to be seen.
(b) They want to have influence.
(c) They want to be talked about.
(d) They want to earn money.
12. According to Orwell, the English common people exhibit a type of ________ feeling.
(a) Friendly.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Christian.
(d) Restrictive.
13. Orwells says that the political ______ is able to create or dismiss war's happenings to fit the current political atmosphere's needs.
(a) Process.
(b) Elite.
(c) Press.
(d) Machine.
14. What kind of employee tells Orwell that he, instead of the antelope, could eat the food Orwell is giving to the antelope?
(a) Park employee.
(b) Municipal employee.
(c) State employee.
(d) Animal caretaker employee.
15. Which religious type, in Marrakech, is crowded into restricted areas?
(a) Christians.
(b) Muslims.
(c) Hindus.
(d) Jews.
Short Answer Questions
1. Orwell's early attempts at writing were focused on what type of poems?
2. The dialogue in Miller's novel is what?
3. Orwell believes that what are perpetrated by all sides in nearly all wars?
4. What city is "Tropic of Cancer" set in?
5. Orwell believes that war is necessarily what?
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