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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What queue does Orwell describe as often hundreds of yards long?
(a) The cigarette queue.
(b) The bread queue.
(c) The meat queue.
(d) The sweet queue.

2. What is the name of the army unit that arrives on the Aragon in June, 1937?
(a) The POUM Army.
(b) The Red Army.
(c) The Popular Army.
(d) The Militia Army.

3. At what kind of fighting do the militia units prove most effective?
(a) Offensive.
(b) Trench.
(c) Operative.
(d) Defensive.

4. What do the Republicans do with the Fascists' unexploded bombs?
(a) Use them for furniture.
(b) Throw them back.
(c) Use them to keep warm.
(d) Send them home.

5. What kind of weapons is the militia issued?
(a) Rifles.
(b) Machine guns.
(c) Pistols.
(d) Grenades.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color did the Anarchists paint the trams and taxis?

2. Where was POUM based?

3. Who is the leader of the nationalists?

4. Which country supplies arms to the Republicans?

5. What does Orwell ideally want to fight against?

(see the answer key)

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