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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did many of the old timers believe about miners washing their legs?
(a) Washing is bad luck.
(b) Washing causes lumbago.
(c) Washing is for women only.
(d) Washing causes ulcers.

2. What author accused miners of gluttony?
(a) Rev. W.D. Acres.
(b) Rev. B.W. Smith.
(c) Rev. W. S. Bellows.
(d) Rev. W. R. Inge.

3. What book did Orwell write telling of his experiences in London with the unemployed street people?
(a) Down and Out in London.
(b) Down and Out in the Gutters of London.
(c) Down and Out in Paris and London.
(d) Down and Out on the Seine.

4. How was unemployment viewed by people in the late twenties and early thirties in England?
(a) As something that happened because you did poorly at your job.
(b) As something that happened to you and from which you could escape.
(c) As something that you had coming to you for being so lazy.
(d) As something that happened to you and for which you were to blame.

5. What percentage of a person's income, whether employed or on unemployment, was given over to rent in Wigan?
(a) One fifth.
(b) One half.
(c) One third.
(d) One fourth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Orwell have the opportunity to receive an expensive public school education?

2. Why did Orwell reference "Punch" in his discussion of class?

3. What is the first thing a miner does when he comes up from the mine?

4. Why does every miner have a blue scar on his nose and forehead?

5. What is the cause of the great majority of accidents in the mine?

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