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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. When Orwell sees an enemy running along in full view, what is the enemy holding with his hands?
(a) His boots.
(b) His trousers.
(c) His gun.
(d) His grenade.

2. The boys' weeklies completely lack what?
(a) Working-class characters.
(b) Political development.
(c) Sad stories.
(d) Reality.

3. Orwell says that no book is entirely free from what?
(a) Personal influences.
(b) Individual history.
(c) Political bias.
(d) Comic relief.

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

5. All Chinese, in "Gem" and "Magent," wear what?
(a) A pigtail.
(b) A mask.
(c) A sword.
(d) A robe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Orwell believes that revolution and warfare make people behave how?

3. Where is Marrakech?

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

5. Totalitarian Russia is associated with what type of political beliefs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is included in boys' weeklies?

4. What is the fourth desire that motivates writers?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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