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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 do Boris and the narrator try to pawn?

2. Why is the patron impressed with the narrator?

3. What kind of speech does Furex give every Saturday?

4. To what kind of people is the fear of the mob attributed?

5. Out of how much money does the doorman cheat the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator get money in chapter 4?

2. Describe the Russian society in chapter 8.

3. Why does the narrator believe that people are kept in poverty?

4. Describe the story Charlie tells in the second chapter?

5. Describe the story Valenti tells in chapter 15.

6. Describe the narrator's Saturday nights.

7. Describe the narrator's job at the hotel.

8. How does the narrator spend his last days in Paris?

9. What does the narrator say are his best and worst days working at the hotel?

10. How does the narrator describe waiters in chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Orwell use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Down and Out in Paris and London is a famous book which has greatly influenced modern literature. Choose a book written after Down and Out in Paris and London and discuss how you think it was influenced by the novel. Discuss there similarities in terms of

a) plot

b) character

c) themes

Essay Topic 3

Orwell was a socialist. Using two examples from the novel discuss the ways the story reflects Orwell's political ideas.

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