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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 thinks that the antelope looks like it would be good to do what to?
(a) To ride.
(b) To eat.
(c) To keep.
(d) To pet.

2. Which religious type, in Marrakech, is crowded into restricted areas?
(a) Muslims.
(b) Jews.
(c) Hindus.
(d) Christians.

3. The officers of the Senegalese soldiers are not marching, they are what?
(a) Mounted.
(b) Riding in a sedan chair.
(c) Relaxing.
(d) Riding in a jeep.

4. Non-objective truth, according to Orwell, is a diagnostic symptom of what?
(a) A communist state.
(b) A republican state.
(c) A totalitarian state.
(d) A democratic state.

5. Why do the English people support the brutal and discriminatory laws?
(a) They think it has always been this way.
(b) They have no choice.
(c) They don't know anything better.
(d) They value the rule of law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orwell's early attempts at writing were focused on what type of poems?

2. When was Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer" published?

3. How did the British feel about Gandhi?

4. Miller telld Orwell that his goal of direct participation in the Spanish Civil War was what?

5. Orwell watches a troop of ______ Senegalese soldiers walk by him in Marrakech.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is included in boys' weeklies?

2. What does Orwell claim as his political leaning in his writings?

3. What does Orwell realize when one of the Senegalese soldiers looks at him with wide, wondering eyes?

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

5. What is the fourth desire that motivates writers?

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

7. What does the Italian militiaman symbolize for Orwell?

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

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

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

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