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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. What is depicted on McGill postcards that is, by definition, humorous?

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

3. Kipling provides nearly the only literary description of much of nineteenth-century where?

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

5. Dickens was considered a social _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Kipling's poetry resonate with middle-class readers?

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

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 does Orwell conclude about Dickens's solution for societal ills, at the end of the essay?

6. Why is Orwell hated in Moulmein?

7. What does Orwell announce after his first beating?

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

9. What does the typical Dickens novel focus on?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the social and economic divides in Orwell's world? Does Orwell perceive these divides to be useful or not? Why? Support your answer with examples from the text of the essays.

Essay Topic 2

Using evidence presented by Orwell in his essays, what is bad English writing and how does it affect politics?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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