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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. Why is Smilie arrested at the border?

2. What group has now been declared an illegal organization?

3. What does Orwell want to write?

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

5. What kind of weapon does Orwell manage to procure from the black market?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are POUM members having problems in Chapter 13?

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

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

4. Why does Orwell stop trying to help Kopp?

5. How do the Communists try to suppress POUM?

6. Why is visiting Kopp dangerous?

7. How has Barcelona changed when Orwell returns?

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

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

10. What does Franco stand for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Orwell's opinion of Communists change during his time in Spain? How did Orwell express his dislike for Communism in his later years?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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