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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group has now been declared an illegal organization?
(a) POUM.
(b) FAI
(c) PNUC.
(d) CNT.

2. What kind of fighting does Kopp tell his men they have been ordered to engage in?
(a) Defensive fighting.
(b) Distant fighting.
(c) Sneak attacks.
(d) Offensive fighting.

3. Who rushes across the street to stop the fighting?
(a) Orwell's wife.
(b) Kopp.
(c) Orwell.
(d) Williams,

4. Who does the government's heavily armed police force exclude?
(a) Fascist officers.
(b) Trade union members.
(c) Anarchists.
(d) Stalinists.

5. Where does Orwell visit Kopp?
(a) The trenches.
(b) Prison.
(c) Hospital.
(d) Hotel Falcon.

6. What does Orwell say the Popular Army is forcing people to do?
(a) Sell their children.
(b) Give up their houses.
(c) Give up their possessions.
(d) Join the military.

7. Who raids Orwell's hospital room?
(a) The Civil Guards.
(b) The Popular Army.
(c) The police.
(d) The Nazis.

8. Where is Orwell invited to transfer to at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) CNT.
(b) POUM.
(c) The International Column.
(d) The Civil Guards.

9. Who does Orwell telephone in Chapter 10?
(a) His wife.
(b) His son.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

10. What does the Spanish government order everyone to surrender?
(a) Privately owned land.
(b) Privately owned businesses.
(c) Privately owned weapons.
(d) Privately owned vehicles.

11. What does Orwell say has returned to Barcelona?
(a) Chaos and disorder.
(b) Class and privilege.
(c) Snobbery and hatred.
(d) Peace and calm.

12. What does the Spanish government take over in May?
(a) The military barracks.
(b) The post office.
(c) The telephone exchange.
(d) The central police barracks.

13. Who ordered the attack on the telephone exchange?
(a) The Civil Guards.
(b) POUM.
(c) The government.
(d) The Popular Army.

14. Who do the POUM fight with in the Hotel Falcon?
(a) CNC.
(b) The Civil Guards.
(c) The Popular Army.
(d) The hotel staff.

15. What rank is Kopp promoted to in Chapter 12?
(a) General.
(b) Captain.
(c) 2nd Lieutenant.
(d) Major.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what city do the government soldiers arrive?

2. Who joins Orwell at the end of the chapter?

3. What celebration does Orwell say does not take place due to political tension?

4. From what disease is Cottman suffering?

5. What does Orwell say are the two main political groups in Spain?

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