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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Orwell say he originally came to Spain to do?
(a) Write newspaper articles.
(b) Write a book.
(c) Protest against war.
(d) Travel around the country.

3. Where do they find out the two men are after they go looking for them in Chapter 7?
(a) A hotel.
(b) The hospital.
(c) A forest cave.
(d) The Fascist trenches.

4. How has Barcelona now changed?
(a) It is non-revolutionary.
(b) It is peaceful.
(c) It is occupied by the fascists.
(d) It is more violent.

5. How does Orwell try to kill the fleeing Fascist?
(a) By bayoneting him.
(b) By throwing an axe at him.
(c) By shooting him.
(d) By beating him around the head.

6. What color did the Anarchists paint the trams and taxis?
(a) Orange and white.
(b) Red and white.
(c) Green and yellow.
(d) Red and black.

7. Which military group in Spain did Stalin suppress?
(a) JOUPE.
(b) CNC.
(c) FAI.
(d) POUM.

8. Whose political ideology did the POUM follow?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Trotsky.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Mussolini.

9. Which country supplies arms to the Republicans?
(a) Britain.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) USSR.

10. What kind of rodent do the soldiers begin to see everywhere?
(a) Rats.
(b) Hamsters.
(c) Mice.
(d) Gerbils.

11. What starts to make life in the trenches more pleasant in Chapter 8?
(a) The weather.
(b) The end of the ammunition.
(c) The reopening of the postal system.
(d) A visit from the soldier's wives.

12. What kind of insect rises from the ground?
(a) Flies.
(b) Bees.
(c) Wasps.
(d) Mosquitos.

13. Who does Orwell describe as a tough looking youth of 26?
(a) An Italian millitiaman.
(b) A paratrooper.
(c) A German soldier.
(d) A popular army member.

14. What is the name of the area between the trenches?
(a) The dead zone.
(b) The desert.
(c) No man's land.
(d) The party zone.

15. Who does the militia fight in Zaragoza?
(a) The Communists.
(b) The Capitalists.
(c) The Fascists.
(d) The Nationalists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the leader of the nationalists?

2. To what city has Orwell's wife moved?

3. What confuses Orwell about the Spanish language in Barcelona?

4. Why were the streets of Catalonia dimly lit at night?

5. Which Spanish political party was under Communist control?

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