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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did it cost to plant the garden Orwell describes in Chapter 13?
(a) Two pounds.
(b) Six and sixpence.
(c) Three shillings.
(d) Twelve and sixpence.

2. Why does Orwell claim that his readers think farmers and fishermen wouldn't be interested in reading his essays about nature?
(a) They are more interested in politics than people who live in urban areas.
(b) Orwell isn't good at writing about nature.
(c) Most of them are uneducated, and illiterate.
(d) They work too closely with it, so they are not interested in reading about it.

3. Why is the reviewer having such difficulty writing his reviews?
(a) He is afraid of offending the works' authors.
(b) He is too busy to write them.
(c) The works he is reviewing are boring.
(d) He keeps getting interrupted.

4. What do Orwell's readers think Orwell should be focusing on?
(a) Writing literary criticism.
(b) Commenting on political injustices.
(c) Righting social wrongs.
(d) Writing fiction.

5. What does Orwell say about the meaning of the poems he mentions in Chapter 17?
(a) They mean something different to each person who reads them.
(b) They mean very little.
(c) They have no meaning.
(d) They have profound meaning, though disguised.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many works is the person in Chapter 14 attempting to review?

2. How does the animal discussed in Chapter 12 discern the sex of other members of its species?

3. What nonsense poet is named in Chapter 17?

4. What is the best motive for a compelling murder mystery, according to Orwell?

5. According to Orwell, when is the best time to read a good murder mystery?

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