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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. The McGill postcards say that no marriage is what?
(a) Valid.
(b) Complete.
(c) Happy.
(d) Argument-free.

2. What is the name for an entire phrase that stands for single words?
(a) Summary phrases.
(b) False operators.
(c) Small operators.
(d) Summary words.

3. McGill postcards' jokes are not witty, but are what?
(a) Humorous.
(b) Disgusting,
(c) Vulgar.
(d) Well-writen.

4. Dickens is not what type of writer?
(a) Comic.
(b) Revolutionary.
(c) Serious.
(d) Emotional.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "Blitz" of World War II?

2. How many scholarships does Orwell win?

3. Orwell's education at Crossgates is intended to gather him what?

4. How man people gather to watch Orwell find the elephant?

5. Who does Orwell, while he is at school, smash in the face?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Orwell's intention when he leaves his station to look for the elephant?

4. Why is Orwell hated in Moulmein?

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

6. How is the post-Hitler world view of law different from Kipling's?

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

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

9. What is Orwell's motivation for shooting the elephant?

10. Why does Orwell refer to Kipling's poetry as "good bad poetry"?

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