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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 the Spanish government take over in May?

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

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

4. What does someone steal from Orwell at Hotel Falcon?

5. Where will Orwell be fighting if he is transferred to the International Column?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are snipers a problem in Chapter 12?

2. Why is visiting Kopp dangerous?

3. Why does Orwell want to start fighting in Madrid?

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

5. How does Orwell get his wound examined?

6. How do the Communists try to suppress POUM?

7. How does Orwell hide from the police?

8. What is the Sanatorium Maurin?

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

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

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 2

What was Orwell fighting for? Did Orwell genuinely believe what he fighting for? Is it essential for a soldier to believe in the war cause?

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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