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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Smilie arrested at the border?
(a) Fror kidnapping a child.
(b) For smugglng arms.
(c) For not having a passport.
(d) For stealing from the government.

2. Which of the following is not Anarchist?
(a) PSUC.
(b) POUM.
(c) FAI.
(d) CNT.

3. From what is Williams suffering?
(a) Amnesia.
(b) An arm wound.
(c) Shell shock.
(d) A leg wound.

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

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

6. What group is Bob Smilie a part of?
(a) PSUC.
(b) FAI.
(c) CNT.
(d) POUM.

7. What kind of weapon does Orwell manage to procure from the black market?
(a) A machine gun.
(b) An axe.
(c) A rifle.
(d) An automatic pistol.

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

9. Which group has gained control of Barcelona?
(a) CNT.
(b) GNC.
(c) PSUC.
(d) POUM.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What is the name of the small political organization which publishes a radical leaflet calling for sustained revolution?
(a) Looting Goodness.
(b) The Enemies of Evil.
(c) The Friends of Durruti.
(d) Francophiles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city in Spain do people say is still revolutionary?

2. What does Orwell describe the Communists political maneuverings as?

3. What does Orwell say has returned to Barcelona?

4. What rank is Orwell promoted to in Chapter 12?

5. What is erected in the city the next morning?

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