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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. Who does Orwell try to get released?

2. What city do Orwell and his wife return to in Chapter 13?

3. What kind of fighting does Kopp tell his men they have been ordered to engage in?

4. What rank is Kopp promoted to in Chapter 12?

5. What neighborhoods did CNT-FAI and POUM hold?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are POUM members having problems in Chapter 13?

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

3. How does Orwell hide from the police?

4. Why are snipers a problem in Chapter 12?

5. What trouble is brewing in Barcelona?

6. Why is visiting Kopp dangerous?

7. How does Orwell get his wound examined?

8. Why was the working class in Barcelona becoming increasingly resentful?

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

10. Why does Orwell decide the Spanish Civil War is still important?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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