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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 storylines in "Gem" and "Magnet" seem frozen at what time?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1910.

2. What age are the boy's weeklies aimed at?
(a) 10-16.
(b) 9-16.
(c) 11-16.
(d) 12-16.

3. How did Gandhi feel about the British?
(a) He valued their opinion.
(b) He was friends with them.
(c) He didn't like them.
(d) He despised them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Spanish Civil War was essentially a(n) _______ war.

2. What, does Orwell believe, is stronger than class hatred in England?

3. Why do the English people support the brutal and discriminatory laws?

4. Orwell says that, since 1936, everything he has written has been what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Italian militiaman symbolize for Orwell?

3. What is one of the remarkable observations that Orwell makes about the local conditions in Marrakech?

4. What is included in boys' weeklies?

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

6. Describe the poor in Marrakech.

7. How does Orwell feel about Gandhi?

8. What is a Yank Mag?

9. What do Gandhi's methods of non-violence require from the government?

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

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