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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. What war are the front lines in Zaragoza reminiscent of?
(a) The Boer War.
(b) The One Hundred Years War.
(c) The Mafia Wars.
(d) World War One.

2. Who leads Orwell against the the Fascist lines?
(a) Torre Fabian.
(b) Georges Kopp.
(c) Jacques Wren.
(d) Horace Potts.

3. Who takes all the patients' belongings while Orwell is in hospital?
(a) The doctors.
(b) The nurses.
(c) The visitors.
(d) The orderlies.

4. What does a Column mean?
(a) An Arsenal.
(b) A large number of soldiers.
(c) An enemy line.
(d) An article in a newspaper.

5. What kind of insect rises from the ground?
(a) Bees.
(b) Flies.
(c) Wasps.
(d) Mosquitos.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What language does Orwell say he speaks badly?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What flags do the different sides fly?

3. How do the militia and the Fascists fight each other in the trenches near Zaragoza?

4. What does Orwell do once he reaches his trench?

5. Who is the PSUC?

6. What is Orwell's experience of military hospitals in Chapter 6?

7. What is the Popular Army?

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

9. Describe the front lines near Zaragoza.

10. What is an officer's role in the militia?

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