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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of gun strikes down Orwell?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A sniper.
(d) A machine gun.

2. What rank is Benjamin promoted to in Chapter 12?
(a) Captain.
(b) Major.
(c) Sergeant.
(d) General.

3. What does someone steal from Orwell at Hotel Falcon?
(a) His bible.
(b) His wallet.
(c) His rifle.
(d) His pistol.

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

5. What political leader does Orwell want Spain to reject?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Churchill.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Franco.

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

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

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

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

10. What does Orwell say has ended in defeat?
(a) The fight against Fascism.
(b) The Upper class revolution.
(c) The fight against Communism.
(d) The social revolution.

11. With which country is the PSUC closely associated?
(a) Portugal.
(b) USSR.
(c) Britain.
(d) USA.

12. What does Orwell say are the two main political groups in Spain?
(a) The Fascists and the Capitalists.
(b) The Communists and the Capitalists.
(c) The Communists and the Anarchists.
(d) The Fascists and the Anarchists.

13. What does Orwell describe the Communists political maneuverings as?
(a) A swamp.
(b) A dart board.
(c) A cesspool.
(d) A genocide.

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

15. What city do Orwell and his wife return to in Chapter 13?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Valencia.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group has gained control of Barcelona?

2. What does Orwell decide to get before he is transferred?

3. What do the Civil Guards want CNT to surrender?

4. Which group publicly distanced itself from The Friends of Durruti's poster?

5. Why is Smilie arrested at the border?

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