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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. Why was Orwell's mission in Chapter 7 deemed a success?

2. What makes Orwell's patrols difficult?

3. What color did the Anarchists paint the trams and taxis?

4. What does Orwell say he originally came to Spain to do?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the newspapers report the Fascist attack?

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

3. What is Orwell's experience of military hospitals in Chapter 6?

4. Describe the front lines near Zaragoza.

5. What disgusts Orwell about the weapons he receives?

6. What is Barcelona like when Orwell first arrives in 1936?

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

8. What are Orwell's observations about Spanish culture in the opening chapter?

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

10. How does propaganda prove successful on both sides?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1930s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Orwell end the book like he does? Could he have ended the book in another way? What meaning would that new ending have given the book?

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