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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dickens believes that what type of children shouldn't have to work long shifts in crushing labor?
(a) Gifted.
(b) Rich.
(c) Small.
(d) Young.

2. Orwell says that Dickens never wrote of what?
(a) Sickness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Battle.
(d) Government.

3. Under the philosophy of the school, obscene displays of wealth are indicative of what?
(a) Social superiority.
(b) Redemption and power.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Moral goodness.

4. For Dickens, work is what?
(a) A moral thing.
(b) Something that happens on occasion.
(c) An event that happens elsewhere.
(d) An issue of money.

5. How does the school characterize bed-wetting?
(a) Weak.
(b) Evil.
(c) Pathetic.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orwell believes that ________ corrupts thought.

2. How many cartridges does Orwell get with his elephant rifle?

3. Orwell says that using bad English is what?

4. How many writing samples does Orwell mention in the beginning of "Politics and the English Language"?

5. When Orwell first comes upon the elephant, what is it eating?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Raffles?

2. What is the difference between how poor and rich students are treated at Crossgates on social occasions, such as birthdays?

3. What does Orwell believe, contrary to public opinion, that corporal punishment does?

4. What does the typical Dickens novel focus on?

5. What are the common writing errors that Orwell enumerates in his "Politics and the English Language" essay?

6. What did Kipling's romantic ideas about England and the Empire result in?

7. Why does Orwell not consider Dickens a revolutionary writer?

8. What is the standard joke about home life that the semi-illicit postcards use?

9. What describes the purpose of the semi-illicit postcards most newsstands carry?

10. Describe Orwell's Sancho Panza view of life?

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