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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 main serialized stories of both "Gem" and "Magnet" focus on what?
(a) Church.
(b) School life.
(c) Home life.
(d) Athletics.

2. Orwell rejects, specifically, which of Gandhi's principles as a spiritual practice?
(a) Material belongings principles.
(b) Political principles.
(c) Friend principles.
(d) Dietary principles.

3. When was Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer" published?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1932.

4. Orwell says that, since 1936, everything he has written has been what?
(a) Historical.
(b) Scientific.
(c) Political.
(d) Long.

5. Who is at the top of the social pyramid in Marrakech?
(a) Rich farmers.
(b) Rich merchants.
(c) English imperialists.
(d) Army commanders.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Why I Write," Orwell examines his ________ _______ in writing.

2. Orwell believes that the intra-party struggles of the Spanish ______ are intricate, distant, and insignificant.

3. Orwell believes that the ruling class of England is what?

4. Where is Marrakech?

5. At what age did Orwell know he was going to be a writer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Italian militiaman symbolize for Orwell?

2. What are some of the experiences that Orwell remembers about the Spanish Civil War?

3. What is the fourth desire that motivates writers?

4. What is included in boys' weeklies?

5. Describe the poor in Marrakech.

6. Who does Miller write about in "Tropic of Cancer"?

7. What is the difference between patriotism and national loyalty for Orwell?

8. How were the authors of the 1930s able to write about their communist politics?

9. What does the inside of the whale represent to Orwell?

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

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