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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Orwell decide to stop trying to help Kopp?
(a) He learns Kopp is untrustworthy.
(b) He is likely to be arrested.
(c) He wants to go back to England.
(d) He does not want to put his wife in danger.

2. What celebration does Orwell say does not take place due to political tension?
(a) New Year's Day.
(b) May Day.
(c) Christmas Day.
(d) Summer Soltice.

3. What do Orwell and a few others volunteer as at the POUM headquarters?
(a) Gunners.
(b) Foot soldiers.
(c) Messengers.
(d) Guards.

4. What kind of enthusiasm does Orwell say is now flagging?
(a) Republican enthusiasm.
(b) Survival enthusiasm.
(c) Revolutionary enthusiasm.
(d) War enthuiasm.

5. Where is Orwell's wound examined for the first time?
(a) Sietamo.
(b) Lyrida.
(c) Tarragona.
(d) Barbastro.

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

7. What does Orwell want to write?
(a) A letter in defense of Franco.
(b) A book about Prison torture.
(c) An anti-Fascist article.
(d) A letter in defense of Kopp.

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

9. What is the name of the hotel Orwell goes to when the fighting breaks out?
(a) Hotel Hooves.
(b) Hotel Falcon.
(c) Hotel Eagle.
(d) Hotel Wren.

10. In what month does fighting break out in Barcelona?
(a) August.
(b) May.
(c) June.
(d) July.

11. Which group supports The Friends of Durriti's poster?
(a) FAI.
(b) CNT.
(c) POUM.
(d) HRC.

12. What group controls Hotel Falcon?
(a) POUM.
(b) The Civil Guards.
(c) CNT.
(d) The Popular Army.

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

14. To what city does Kopp say he is traveling?
(a) Lisbon.
(b) Valencia.
(c) Zaragoza.
(d) Madrid.

15. What do the Civil Guards want CNT to surrender?
(a) The postal system.
(b) The telephone exchange.
(c) The city libraries.
(d) The police force.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orwell say is scarce in Barcelona?

2. What unit does Orwell want to be transferred to?

3. What does Orwell say a fat man eats while children beg for bread?

4. What organization announces McNair's arrest while he is in France?

5. How does Orwell describe the atmosphere in Barcelona?

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