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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What country does Orwell travel to with his wife and friends?
(a) Portugal.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Poland.

3. What does Orwell say Franco stands for?
(a) Genocide.
(b) A military government.
(c) The old Feudal order.
(d) Colonization.

4. What part of Orwell's body does the bullet penetrate?
(a) His arm.
(b) His leg.
(c) His neck.
(d) His shoulder.

5. Which group do the propaganda channels put down?
(a) The POUM.
(b) The militia.
(c) The Popular Army.
(d) The International Column.

6. In what country is Kopp considered a criminal?
(a) Belguim.
(b) Spain.
(c) Russia.
(d) Germany.

7. What city does Orwell say houses the Spanish national government?
(a) Valencia.
(b) Mallorca.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Madrid.

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

9. Who does Orwell try to get released?
(a) McNair.
(b) Kopp.
(c) Cottman.
(d) Nin.

10. What kind of organization does POUM label PSUC?
(a) Communist.
(b) Capitalist.
(c) Fascist.
(d) Catholic.

11. What does Orwell decide to get before he is transferred?
(a) Boots.
(b) A gun.
(c) A uniform.
(d) A sun hat.

12. What unit does Orwell want to be transferred to?
(a) POUM.
(b) The Militia.
(c) The Popular Army.
(d) The International Column.

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

14. Which group publicly distanced itself from The Friends of Durruti's poster?
(a) CNT.
(b) HRC.
(c) PSUC.
(d) POUM.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Spanish government take over in May?

2. Who is the PSUC trying to disarm?

3. Where does Orwell visit Kopp?

4. What is the name of the POUM leader?

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

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