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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 neighborhoods did CNT-FAI and POUM hold?

2. Where does Orwell spend time recuperating in Chapter 13?

3. Where is Orwell's wound examined for the first time?

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

5. What does the Spanish government order everyone to surrender?

Short Essay Questions

1. What trouble is brewing in Barcelona?

2. Why does Orwell stop trying to help Kopp?

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

4. What does the Republican government stand for?

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

6. Why is visiting Kopp dangerous?

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 do the Communists try to suppress POUM?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

In what way does Orwell suggest warfare is mostly trivial? Why do people conduct war even though often nothing is happening?

Essay Topic 3

What is the difference between Trotskyism and Stalinism? Why were the USSR so involved in the Spanish Civil War? What effect did their involvement have on the outcome of the war?

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