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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. Kipling's poetry has penetrated into everyday language because Kipling did what?
(a) Told the truth.
(b) Told fanciful stories.
(c) Used common language.
(d) Used colorful language.

2. How does Orwell, repeatedly, refer to Kipling's poetry?
(a) Good bad poetry.
(b) Good versical poetry.
(c) Good musical poetry.
(d) Good novel poetry.

3. How does Miss Blandish die?
(a) She commits suicide.
(b) She is drowned in the river.
(c) She is run over by a car.
(d) Her kidnappers kill her.

4. Kipling's ideals result in poetry that do what to junior officers in the military?
(a) Praises them.
(b) Ridicules them.
(c) De-humanizes them.
(d) Makes them heroes.

5. Kipling's ideas result in poetry that portrays the common foot soldier as what?
(a) A poor man.
(b) A fool.
(c) A rich son.
(d) A hero.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Raffles killed?

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

3. When political truth is difficult, meaningless ________ becomes acceptable.

4. How many shots does Orwell fire before approaching the elephant?

5. Orwell finds it remarkable that Dickens attacked everyone without __________ anybody.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What, according to Orwell, do the various deficiencies in Dickens's novels lead a person to conclude?

3. Why has bad English been successful in the political arena?

4. What does Orwell conclude about Dickens's solution for societal ills, at the end of the essay?

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

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

7. What happens when Raffles is caught in the strange circumstances?

8. What does the typical Dickens novel focus on?

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

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

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