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

2. Orwell believes that automatic and uncritical thought does what to language?

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

4. Orwell says that Dickens never wrote of what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is bad English an excellent vehicle for political speech?

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

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

7. What does the subsequent investigation find regarding Orwell's shooting of the elephant?

8. What are the common writing errors that Orwell enumerates in his "Politics and the English Language" essay?

9. What does Orwell announce after his first beating?

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

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 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.

Essay Topic 3

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

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