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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 says that all successful people share his desire for what?
(a) Receiving attention.
(b) Money.
(c) Vainglory.
(d) Influence.

2. Totalitarian Russia is associated with what type of political beliefs?
(a) Anarchy.
(b) Communism.
(c) Despotism.
(d) Democracy.

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

4. In what decade does a new group of writers who begin to focus on the ideal of a serious purpose in life emerge?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1940s.

5. How many reasons compel writers to write, according to Orwell?
(a) Three or more.
(b) Four or more.
(c) Two or more.
(d) One or more.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orwell considers, in "England Your England," how England is composed of varied what?

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

3. Orwell says that no armed force, just perceptions, maintain what?

4. When Orwell sees an enemy running along in full view, what is the enemy holding with his hands?

5. Orwell believes that what are perpetrated by all sides in nearly all wars?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are some of the national characteristics of England?

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

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

7. How does Orwell feel about Gandhi?

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

9. What is included in boys' weeklies?

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

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