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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. The result of Orwell's translation of a verse from the Bible into typical bad English is what?

2. What breaks during Orwell's second beating?

3. Kipling feels that suppressing and controlling native people is what?

4. What happens to the elephant after Orwell shoots all his elephant rifle ammunition at it?

5. Dickens views revolutions as what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Orwell hated in Moulmein?

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

5. What is "bad English writing," according to Orwell?

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

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

8. What does the typical Dickens novel focus on?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Orwell states, in "Why I Write," that he writes solid prose when his political purpose is well defined. Do you agree with Orwell's characterization of himself? Why or why not? Support your answer with examples from the various essays.

Essay Topic 2

Why have Orwell, Kipling, and Dickens's work all endured through the years? How are the reasons for their work enduring similar to the explanations that Orwell gives for why a writer's work would endure through the years? Cite examples from the essays to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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

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