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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 does not want to put his wife in danger.
(b) He learns Kopp is untrustworthy.
(c) He is likely to be arrested.
(d) He wants to go back to England.

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

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

4. Whose tactic does Orwell say disgusts him?
(a) The Fascists.
(b) The Communists.
(c) The Capitalists.
(d) The governments.

5. What rank is Orwell promoted to in Chapter 12?
(a) 2nd Lieutenant.
(b) 1st Lieutenant.
(c) General.
(d) Colonel.

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

7. Which group in Barcelona does Orwell say can get almost anything?
(a) The rich.
(b) The government officials.
(c) The military.
(d) The peasants.

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

9. 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.

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

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

12. Which of his friends does Orwell hear is dead?
(a) McNair.
(b) Smillie.
(c) Cottman.
(d) Nin.

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

14. 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.

15. What does Orwell say the Popular Army is forcing people to do?
(a) Give up their possessions.
(b) Sell their children.
(c) Give up their houses.
(d) Join the military.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does Orwell say houses the Spanish national government?

2. Which group supports The Friends of Durriti's poster?

3. What is the name of the hotel Orwell goes to when the fighting breaks out?

4. What does the Spanish government order everyone to surrender?

5. What does Orwell say Franco stands for?

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