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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. To what city does Kopp say he is traveling?

2. From what disease is Cottman suffering?

3. To where is Orwell first evacuated?

4. What do the Civil Guards want CNT to surrender?

5. Which group supports The Friends of Durriti's poster?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Orwell get his wound examined?

2. How do the Communists try to suppress POUM?

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

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

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

6. Why is Kopp getting no help from the Belgian government?

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

8. How do the government troops defuse the situation in Barcelona?

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

10. How does Orwell get back to Barcelona?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the propaganda Orwell describes in the book work so well? Would such propaganda have worked so well in other countries? How has propaganda advanced since the Spanish Civil War?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following groups and state their political ideology and involvement in the Spanish Civil War.

1. POUM.

2. CNT.

3. The Popular Army.

4. The Civil guards.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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