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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which Spanish political party was under Communist control?
(a) PSUC.
(b) FAI.
(c) POUM.
(d) UGT.

3. Why does most of the Fascists' ammunition stay unexploded?
(a) It is too cold.
(b) It is not thrown with enough force.
(c) It is badly made.
(d) It is too old.

4. What war are the front lines in Zaragoza reminiscent of?
(a) World War One.
(b) The Boer War.
(c) The Mafia Wars.
(d) The One Hundred Years War.

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

6. What duty are the soldiers on the hilltop assigned?
(a) Cooking duty.
(b) Propaganda duty.
(c) Gunner duty.
(d) Drinks duty.

7. What does the Heraldo de Aragun contain information about?
(a) The defeat of the Nazis.
(b) The fall of Mblaga.
(c) The defeat of the Russians.
(d) The Polish invasion.

8. Who heads the national Spanish government?
(a) Francisco Largo Caballero.
(b) Seve Cristanio Jambini.
(c) Jose Rocca Payno.
(d) Carlos Torres Alonso.

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

10. Where does Orwell's unit march to?
(a) Zaragoza.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Monflorite.
(d) Huesca.

11. What does a Column mean?
(a) An Arsenal.
(b) An article in a newspaper.
(c) An enemy line.
(d) A large number of soldiers.

12. Which of the following flags do the Nationalists fly?
(a) Monarchist.
(b) PSUC.
(c) Loyalist.
(d) POUM.

13. What confuses Orwell about the Spanish language in Barcelona?
(a) The slang.
(b) The speed.
(c) The humor.
(d) The dialect.

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

15. What do the peasants start doing in Spring?
(a) Tree planting.
(b) Opening markets.
(c) Celebrating.
(d) Crop planting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are officers regarded as in the militia?

2. Who does Orwell describe as a tough looking youth of 26?

3. What is the weather like as Orwell and his men leave to attack Fascist lines?

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

5. Which country supplies arms to the Republicans?

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