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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 weapon are Orwell and his troops supplied with?

2. Where does the militia march to after getting armed?

3. What kind of insect rises from the ground?

4. What is the weather like as Orwell and his men leave to attack Fascist lines?

5. Where was POUM based?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Italian militiaman influence Orwell?

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

3. In what way do conditions become more tolerable in Chapter 8?

4. Why does Orwell enlist in the militia?

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

6. What is the job of the soldiers on the hilltops?

7. Describe the front lines near Zaragoza.

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

9. Describe the conditions in Huesca.

10. Who is POUM?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did George Orwell view the 20th century? What impact has his ideas had on world history? Has his impact been mainly positive, or mainly negative?

Essay Topic 2

What was Orwell fighting for? Did Orwell genuinely believe what he fighting for? Is it essential for a soldier to believe in the war cause?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following groups and state their political ideology and involvement in the Spanish Civil War.

1. POUM.

2. CNT.

3. The Popular Army.

4. The Civil guards.

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