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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. Orwell's early attempts at writing were focused on what type of poems?
(a) Rhyming.
(b) Descriptive.
(c) Historical.
(d) Comic.

2. What, does Orwell believe, is stronger than class hatred in England?
(a) Nationalism.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Cultural similarities.
(d) Patriotism.

3. When does Orwell meet Miller?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1936.

4. Who is the most reliable enemy of Fascism?
(a) The poor.
(b) The working class.
(c) The elite class.
(d) The middle-class.

5. The Spanish Civil War was essentially a(n) _______ war.
(a) Internal.
(b) Baseless.
(c) Civil.
(d) Class.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Yank Mags focus on what?

2. When Orwell sees an enemy running along in full view, what is the enemy holding with his hands?

3. Orwell regrets that there are no ____________ boys' weeklies.

4. Orwell says that England could not become Germany any more than a turnip seed could grow into what?

5. In what decade does a new group of writers who begin to focus on the ideal of a serious purpose in life emerge?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Orwell feel about Gandhi?

2. What are some of the religious beliefs that Gandhi held?

3. According to Orwell, what does the press consider about atrocities?

4. What is the real debate, that Orwell mentions, that surrounds the weeklies?

5. What must writers avoid, in order not to destroy their impulse to write?

6. What does Orwell believe about the historical accounts of the Spanish Civil War?

7. What comment that Orwell makes about the weeklies indicates an assumed gender distinction?

8. How has Orwell attempted to make political writing an art form?

9. Why does Orwell give the municipal employee bread?

10. What does Orwell conclude about the differences in nationality in England?

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