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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. How does Orwell, repeatedly, refer to Kipling's poetry?

2. McGill postcards say that a man can never win what with a woman?

3. The dirty postcards are a sign that people sometimes wish that society wasn't so what?

4. Orwell's education at Crossgates is intended to gather him what?

5. How is Raffles killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the post-Hitler world view of law different from Kipling's?

2. What is Orwell's intention when he leaves his station to look for the elephant?

3. Why does Orwell believe that Dickens is a moral writer, and not a political writer?

4. Why does Orwell refer to Kipling's poetry as "good bad poetry"?

5. What happens when Raffles is caught in the strange circumstances?

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

7. What is the difference between how poor and rich students are treated at Crossgates on social occasions, such as birthdays?

8. Why has bad English been successful in the political arena?

9. What does the typical Dickens novel focus on?

10. Why is Orwell hated in Moulmein?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did British culture and society change from 1910 to the beginning of the Great War? Use examples presented by Orwell in his essays to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

How do moral and political beliefs intertwine in society, people, and literature, according to Orwell? Support your answer using examples from the various essays.

Essay Topic 3

Orwell believes that no book is completely free of political bias. What is some of the support Orwell offers for this idea in his various essays and literary critiques? Does Orwell's statement make sense, within the terms of his writings? Why or why not? Support your answer with examples from the text.

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