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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 kind of rifle does Orwell receive?
(a) An AK-47.
(b) A Dutch Yoodle.
(c) An English marksman.
(d) A German Mauser.

2. Which Spanish political party was under Communist control?
(a) PSUC.
(b) UGT.
(c) FAI.
(d) POUM.

3. Why does the hot weather prove problematic?
(a) People struggle to breathe.
(b) It destroys equipment and clothes.
(c) It causes people to runaway.
(d) People are too tired to fight.

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

5. What kind of weapons is the militia issued?
(a) Pistols.
(b) Grenades.
(c) Rifles.
(d) Machine guns.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Orwell and his troops respond when the nationalists fire at them?

2. What does Orwell say he has been isolated from for 115 days?

3. Who does the militia fight in Zaragoza?

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

5. What do the peasants start doing in Spring?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the hot weather make life in the trenches intolerable again?

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

3. What flags do the different sides fly?

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

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

6. Who is POUM?

7. Why is the front such a miserable place to live?

8. Why does Orwell enlist in the militia?

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

10. Describe the front lines near Zaragoza.

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