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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 kind of game do the workmen play at the bistro?

2. What does the narrator say he thought the French knew when they saw it?

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

4. At what time do people start getting depressed?

5. What do the postcard sellers say they are selling?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator express how tired he is in chapter 16?

2. Why is the narrator berated for wearing a mustache in chapter 13?

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

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

5. Describe the story Charlie tells in chapter 18?

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

7. In what way does the narrator's life get better in chapter 17?

8. Describe the working conditions at the Auberge.

9. Describe the narrator's Saturday nights.

10. In what way is Boris in bad shape in chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the following statement. "Orwell's portrayal of poverty is too romanticized and told too much from a privileged position to have had any major impact on society at that time." Use examples from the novel to either support or argue against the statement.

Essay Topic 2

In what way does the dining and kitchen in Hotel X symbolize the difference between the working and upper classes? What do the students think are the main difference between the classes? In such an environment is it possible for the working classes to rise into roles currently filled by the upper classes?

Essay Topic 3

In what way is the narrator's new job much harder than his work at the hotel? How does the work affect the narrator both mentally and physically?

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