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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 is the name of the small political organization which publishes a radical leaflet calling for sustained revolution?

2. What unit does Orwell want to be transferred to?

3. Which of Orwell's friends is also recovering at the Maurin?

4. Which of the following is not Anarchist?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Orwell hide from the police?

2. Why did the government say POUM was a Fascist subversive element?

3. How do Orwell and his wife get back to England?

4. What is the Sanatorium Maurin?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Orwell get back to Barcelona?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Orwell to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the person he is at the end.

1. What did Orwell hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Orwell's ideas about life?

3. How has Orwell changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

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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