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

2. Who is the author of the Raffles stories?

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

4. Kipling's ideas result in poetry that portrays the common foot soldier as what?

5. Kipling strongly identifies with what class?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Orwell announce after his first beating?

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

6. What does the typical Dickens novel focus on?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the various essays, explain what Orwell's political beliefs are.

Essay Topic 2

Based on the experiences that Orwell presents, is Orwell a writer who is self-centered? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the essays to support your answer, decide whether Orwell would believe in terrorism as an instrument for change.

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