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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 he is surprised to feel when the Fascist infantry attacks?

2. What unit does Orwell's English paper allow him to join?

3. In what part of Spain is Mblaga located?

4. Other than wine what other luxury do the soldiers have plenty of?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the front lines near Zaragoza.

3. How do the newspapers report the Fascist attack?

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

5. How are the militia soldiers organized?

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

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

8. How does propaganda prove successful on both sides?

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

10. Who is POUM?

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

Examine the construction of Orwell's argument.

1. How does he introduce his ideas?

2. How does he construct his ideas to come to logical conclusion?

3. What weaknesses and strengths can you identify in Orwell's argument?

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