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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. Whose political ideology did the POUM follow?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Mussolini.
(c) Trotsky.
(d) Hitler.

2. What does Orwell say was being systematically destroyed in Catalonia?
(a) Government buildings.
(b) Churches.
(c) Cathredrals.
(d) Museums.

3. What queue does Orwell describe as often hundreds of yards long?
(a) The sweet queue.
(b) The meat queue.
(c) The cigarette queue.
(d) The bread queue.

4. Where was POUM based?
(a) Zaragoza.
(b) Lyrida.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Madrid.

5. What unit does Orwell's English paper allow him to join?
(a) POUM.
(b) POPA.
(c) EGAL.
(d) SWAT.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two languages can Kopp speak?

2. What weapon are Orwell and his troops supplied with?

3. Where do the Fascists mount a counter attack from?

4. Which Spanish political party was under Communist control?

5. At what kind of fighting do the militia units prove most effective?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Orwell's observations about Spanish culture in the opening chapter?

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

3. How does propaganda prove successful on both sides?

4. What disgusts Orwell about the weapons he receives?

5. What does Orwell observe as he travels through Spain?

6. What is the Republican's plan to ambush the Fascists?

7. How do the newspapers report the Fascist attack?

8. Who is the PSUC?

9. How do the attacks between the Fascists and the Republicans prove ineffectual in Chapter 6?

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

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