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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. Most Europeans who visit Marrakech are appalled at the harsh treatment meted out to what?
(a) The donkeys.
(b) The children.
(c) The women.
(d) The cows.

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

3. Gandhi was part of what country's independence movement?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) India.
(c) China.
(d) Pakistan.

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

5. What do boys' weeklies do to foreigners in their stories?
(a) Ignore them.
(b) Destroy them.
(c) Enslave them.
(d) Stereotype them.

Short Answer Questions

1. The officers of the Senegalese soldiers are not marching, they are what?

2. According to Orwell, the English common people exhibit a type of ________ feeling.

3. The boys' weeklies completely lack what?

4. Who was the leader of Russia at the time of the Spanish Civil War?

5. Orwell thinks that the antelope looks like it would be good to do what to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is included in boys' weeklies?

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

4. How does Orwell feel about Gandhi?

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

6. What is the fourth desire that motivates writers?

7. What does the title "England Your England" indicate about Orwell's feelings for England?

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

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

10. What does the Italian militiaman symbolize for Orwell?

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