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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the newspaper the Fascists drop?
(a) Independento.
(b) Heraldo de Catalon.
(c) Heraldo de Aragun.
(d) Ciao.

2. What does Orwell say he is surprised to feel when the Fascist infantry attacks?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Fright.
(c) Hate.
(d) Happiness.

3. What does Orwell say the trenches stink of?
(a) Working men.
(b) Dead bodies.
(c) Cigar smoke.
(d) Human excrement.

4. What kind of rifle does Orwell receive?
(a) A Dutch Yoodle.
(b) An AK-47.
(c) An English marksman.
(d) A German Mauser.

5. What is on top of each hilltop?
(a) A machine gunner.
(b) A head quarters.
(c) A tank.
(d) A flag.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the leader of the nationalists?

2. What queue does Orwell describe as often hundreds of yards long?

3. Whose political ideology did the POUM follow?

4. What do the soldiers use to shout out political slogans?

5. What do the Republicans do with the Fascists' unexploded bombs?

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