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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which country supplies arms to the Republicans?
(a) USSR.
(b) Germany.
(c) Britain.
(d) Italy.

2. How do the newspapers report the Fascist attack in Chapter 3?
(a) A genocide.
(b) A funky mess.
(c) A furious assault.
(d) A violent abuse of power.

3. Which of the following groups supports General Franco?
(a) The militia.
(b) The British government.
(c) The Jewish rabbis.
(d) The Catholic Church.

4. Where do they find out the two men are after they go looking for them in Chapter 7?
(a) The hospital.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A forest cave.
(d) The Fascist trenches.

5. What two languages does Orwell speak fluently?
(a) Arabic and Russian.
(b) English and French.
(c) English and German.
(d) Spanish and French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Republicans do with the Fascists' unexploded bombs?

2. Why do people prefer the Popular Army to the militia?

3. What is the terrain of no man's land?

4. What does Orwell say was being systematically destroyed in Catalonia?

5. What is the name of the other Englishman that is transferred to Monte Oscuro with Orwell?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Fascists force Orwell and his troops back to their own trenches?

2. Who is POUM?

3. What flags do the different sides fly?

4. How did USSR gain control of the Republican regions of the country?

5. What is Orwell's role as a Cabo?

6. How did the Italian militiaman influence Orwell?

7. Describe the front lines near Zaragoza.

8. How do Orwell and his troops secure a trench area?

9. Describe the conditions of the trenches.

10. What is Barcelona like when Orwell first arrives in 1936?

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