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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Bingo?

2. Once Orwell won his scholarships, the school considered him what?

3. Who delivers the beatings to Orwell for wetting his bed?

4. McGill postcards' jokes are not witty, but are what?

5. Under the philosophy of the school, obscene displays of wealth are indicative of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Orwell hated in Moulmein?

2. How are the Raffles novels and "No Orchids for Miss Blandish" similar?

3. What, according to the headmaster, is Orwell's only function at the school?

4. Who is Raffles?

5. What is Orwell's motivation for shooting the elephant?

6. Describe Orwell's Sancho Panza view of life?

7. What are some of the simple pleasures Orwell remembers from school?

8. What is the standard joke about home life that the semi-illicit postcards use?

9. What do nearly all reviewers of Dickens's work agree on?

10. Why does Orwell not consider Dickens a revolutionary writer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What social structure does Orwell believe should exist in the world? Compare his ideal social structure to the social structures that do exist, and that he has written about.

Essay Topic 2

What are national characteristics? What are the national characteristics of some of the nations Orwell has observed? How do these national characteristics play into the political and social systems of the various countries? Use examples from the essays to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the solutions presented to society's problems by Orwell, and what does he think of each solution? Support your answer with evidence from the essays.

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