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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. What happens to the elephant after Orwell shoots all his elephant rifle ammunition at it?
(a) It dies.
(b) It spits up blood.
(c) It wanders off.
(d) It is still breathing.

2. What trait, of the students, determines their discipline level and what classes they can take?
(a) Their test scores.
(b) Their future career paths.
(c) Their economic status.
(d) Their intelligence level.

3. When political truth is difficult, meaningless ________ becomes acceptable.
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Metaphors.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Descriptions.

4. Who is Bingo?
(a) The smallest student.
(b) The school nurse.
(c) The headmistress.
(d) The physical education teacher.

5. Orwell believes that Kipling's poetry is remembered because of what?
(a) The portrayal of values.
(b) The tonal qualities to the writing.
(c) The subject matter.
(d) The lyrical way it is written.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dickens is against trade _______.

2. Who delivers the beatings to Orwell for wetting his bed?

3. To a modern sensibility, much of Kipling's philosophy is what?

4. Dickens was considered a social _______.

5. How does Orwell, repeatedly, refer to Kipling's poetry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the plot of "No Orchids for Miss Blandish"?

2. Why is Orwell hated in Moulmein?

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

4. Who is Raffles?

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

6. Why does Orwell believe that Dickens is a moral writer, and not a political writer?

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

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

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

10. What, according to the headmaster, is Orwell's only function at the school?

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