View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month does fighting break out in Barcelona?
(a) June.
(b) May.
(c) July.
(d) August.

2. What country is Kopp from?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Spain.
(d) Belguim.

3. What city does Orwell say houses the Spanish national government?
(a) Valencia.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Mallorca.
(d) Barcelona.

4. What does Orwell decide to get before he is transferred?
(a) A gun.
(b) A sun hat.
(c) Boots.
(d) A uniform.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ordered the attack on the telephone exchange?

2. Where does Orwell visit Kopp?

3. What political leader does Orwell want Spain to reject?

4. With which country is the PSUC closely associated?

5. Who is the PSUC trying to disarm?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Barcelona changed when Orwell returns?

2. What are the rumors surrounding the attack on the telephone exchange?

3. How are POUM members having problems in Chapter 13?

4. Why did the government say POUM was a Fascist subversive element?

5. How do the Communists try to suppress POUM?

6. How do the government troops defuse the situation in Barcelona?

7. How do the POUM militiamen react to Orwell's presence at the prison?

8. How do Orwell and his wife get back to England?

9. Why was the working class in Barcelona becoming increasingly resentful?

10. What proof does Orwell provide to show POUM was not a Fascist organization?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 565 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample