View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of rifle does Orwell receive?

2. What two languages can Kopp speak?

3. What do the Republicans do with the Fascists' unexploded bombs?

4. How do the newspapers report the Fascist attack in Chapter 3?

5. Members of which army does Orwell say swagger around Barcelona?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Republican's plan to ambush the Fascists?

2. How did USSR gain control of the Republican regions of the country?

3. How does the hot weather make life in the trenches intolerable again?

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

5. What is the Popular Army?

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

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

8. What is Orwell's role as a Cabo?

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

10. What disgusts Orwell about the weapons he receives?

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

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 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 636 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample