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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 country does Orwell travel to at the end of the book?

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

3. For which of the POUM members has the government issued a warrant?

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

5. Which group do the propaganda channels put down?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Orwell get back to Barcelona?

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

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

4. Why does Orwell stop trying to help Kopp?

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

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

7. How has Barcelona changed in Chapter 13?

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

9. How do the Communists try to suppress POUM?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1930s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the construction of Orwell's argument.

1. How does he introduce his ideas?

2. How does he construct his ideas to come to logical conclusion?

3. What weaknesses and strengths can you identify in Orwell's argument?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Anarchism and Communism. How did Anarchism and Communism evolve into important movements in Spain? What are the differences between the two schools of thought?

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