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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orwell say the trenches stink of?

2. What does Orwell use to make a makeshift wall?

3. What does Orwell's wife frequently mail him?

4. What are officers regarded as in the militia?

5. Where does the POUM travel to from Barbastro?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Orwell's situation change at the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. How do Orwell and his troops secure a trench area?

5. Describe the front lines near Zaragoza.

6. How are the militia soldiers organized?

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

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

9. Describe the conditions in Huesca.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Spain become a Fascist country and stay that way for so long? How did the move to Fascism change the country?

Essay Topic 2

Why did Orwell become disillusioned with Communism? What was Orwell's view of Communism before he fought for POUM?

Essay Topic 3

In what way does Orwell suggest warfare is mostly trivial? Why do people conduct war even though often nothing is happening?

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