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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 want to write?

2. Which group has gained control of Barcelona?

3. Who does the PSUC intend to blame for all the trouble?

4. In what month does fighting break out in Barcelona?

5. What country does Orwell travel to with his wife and friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. What proof does Orwell provide to show POUM was not a Fascist organization?

2. What act of bravery does Kopp perform in Chapter 10?

3. What does the Republican government stand for?

4. What bad news do the POUM units hear in Chapter 12?

5. What does Orwell think about the Communist tactics in Chapter 10?

6. What are the rumors surrounding the attack on the telephone exchange?

7. Why is visiting Kopp dangerous?

8. How has Barcelona changed in Chapter 13?

9. How do the POUM militiamen react to Orwell's presence at the prison?

10. Why does fighting break out in Barcelona at the beginning of Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of Orwell's previous books and contrast it with HOMAGE TO CATALONIA in terms of the following;

1. Style.

2. Structure.

3. Themes.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following political ideologies and discuss how you think Spain would have evolved if had followed that ideology from the Thirties until now.

1. Anarchism.

2. Fascism.

3. Communism.

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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