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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. McGill's postcards are designed to get what?
(a) Noticed.
(b) Collected.
(c) A laugh.
(d) Sold.

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

3. In what type of print does Raffles appear?
(a) Books.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Magazines.
(d) Blogs.

4. In what country is Moulmein?
(a) Lower Burma.
(b) Lower Arabia.
(c) Lower Pakistan.
(d) Lower India.

5. When did "No Orchids for Miss Blandish" appear?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1949.

Short Answer Questions

1. What trait, of the students, determines their discipline level and what classes they can take?

2. How many sections is the essay on Orwell's school experiences divided into?

3. Miss Blandish is the daughter of whom?

4. Dickens says that proper acts are those that are historically what?

5. Kipling's ideals result in poetry that do what to junior officers in the military?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "bad English writing," according to Orwell?

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

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

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

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

6. What does the typical Dickens novel focus on?

7. What role does Orwell believe his past experiences have played in his life?

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

9. What does Orwell announce after his first beating?

10. Why is Orwell hated in Moulmein?

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