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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were the streets of Catalonia dimly lit at night?
(a) For fear of air raids.
(b) To save energy.
(c) To stop foreigners coming in.
(d) To stop people leaving their houses.

2. What do the soldiers use to shout out political slogans?
(a) Microphones.
(b) Trumprets.
(c) Megaphones.
(d) Trombones.

3. What does Orwell say the Anarchists scrawled in every wall in Catalonia?
(a) A Spanish flag.
(b) A British flag.
(c) A swasticker.
(d) A hammer and sickle.

4. Who is the leader of the nationalists?
(a) General Mussolini.
(b) General Franco.
(c) General Castro.
(d) General Goebbels.

5. Where does Orwell's POUM unit travel to from Sietamo?
(a) Mauser.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Zaragoza.
(d) Alcubierre.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orwell say the trenches stink of?

2. What makes Orwell's patrols difficult?

3. Where do the soldiers bathe?

4. At what kind of fighting do the militia units prove most effective?

5. What rations end entirely in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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