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

2. In what type of print does Raffles appear?

3. What is one of the schools that Crossgates graduates attend?

4. Orwell says that bad English is a good vehicle for what kind of speech?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the plot of "No Orchids for Miss Blandish"?

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

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

4. What does the typical Dickens novel focus on?

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

6. What does Orwell announce after his first beating?

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

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

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

10. What does Orwell believe, contrary to public opinion, that corporal punishment does?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Use specific examples from the essays to answer the following question: Is Orwell a revolutionary writer? Why or why not?

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

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.

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