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

2. What does Orwell describe the Communists political maneuverings as?
(a) A cesspool.
(b) A genocide.
(c) A dart board.
(d) A swamp.

3. What rank is Benjamin promoted to in Chapter 12?
(a) Captain.
(b) General.
(c) Sergeant.
(d) Major.

4. What kind of enthusiasm does Orwell say is now flagging?
(a) Republican enthusiasm.
(b) Survival enthusiasm.
(c) Revolutionary enthusiasm.
(d) War enthuiasm.

5. What country does Orwell travel to at the end of the book?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) USA.
(d) Italy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of Orwell's friends is also recovering at the Maurin?

3. Which of his friends does Orwell hear is dead?

4. What country does Orwell travel to with his wife and friends?

5. What is the name of the small political organization which publishes a radical leaflet calling for sustained revolution?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Orwell think about the Communist tactics in Chapter 10?

2. Why does Orwell decide the Spanish Civil War is still important?

3. What does Franco stand for?

4. Why does Orwell stop trying to help Kopp?

5. What bad news do the POUM units hear in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

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

10. How has Barcelona changed in Chapter 13?

(see the answer keys)

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