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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Orwell describe the atmosphere in Barcelona?
(a) Oppressive.
(b) Deathly.
(c) A nightmare.
(d) Evil.

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

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

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

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

7. Which city in Spain do people say is still revolutionary?
(a) Zaragoza.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Mallorca.
(d) Barcelona.

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

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

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

11. Where does Orwell spend time recuperating in Chapter 13?
(a) The Sanorium Doggin.
(b) The Sanatorium Maurin.
(c) The Santorium Gaudin.
(d) The Santorium Folin.

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

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

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

15. What country does Orwell travel to at the end of the book?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) England.
(d) USA.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orwell say Franco stands for?

2. What kind of fighting does Kopp tell his men they have been ordered to engage in?

3. What neighborhoods did CNT-FAI and POUM hold?

4. To what city does Kopp say he is traveling?

5. What does Orwell say the Popular Army is forcing people to do?

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