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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. Where does the militia march to after getting armed?

2. What kind of insect rises from the ground?

3. Where is Orwell transferred to in Chapter 3?

4. What duty are the soldiers on the hilltop assigned?

5. Which of the following flags do the Republicans fly?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does propaganda prove successful on both sides?

2. What is the Popular Army?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What flags do the different sides fly?

9. Describe the conditions of the trenches.

10. What disgusts Orwell about the weapons he receives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Anarchism and Communism. How did Anarchism and Communism evolve into important movements in Spain? What are the differences between the two schools of thought?

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

What impact did the Spanish Civil War have on the world politics in the 1930s? Why were British people such as Orwell independently involved in the fighting? What happened to Spain after the Civil War?

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