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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. McGill's postcards are designed to get what?

2. How man people gather to watch Orwell find the elephant?

3. When political truth is difficult, meaningless ________ becomes acceptable.

4. What is Crossgates?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Raffles?

4. What does Orwell announce after his first beating?

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

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

7. What role does Orwell believe his past experiences have played in his life?

8. Why is Orwell hated in Moulmein?

9. What, according to Orwell, do the various deficiencies in Dickens's novels lead a person to conclude?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Orwell's ethnocentrism invade his writing? Does it? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

What role did World War II have on literature, according to Orwell? Use examples from the essays to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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

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