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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 miners tell Orwell about why they ate less than he did at a meal?
(a) They have permanently lost their appetites.
(b) They are not allowed to use a bathroom.
(c) They cannot work all day on a full stomach.
(d) Food is available in the mine if they need something.

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

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

4. What was offered a very few of the miners in the better built mines?
(a) A pithead bath.
(b) A check cashing facility.
(c) A hot meal.
(d) A quart of water.

5. Who was Comrade X?
(a) A member of the A.C.L.U. and a politician.
(b) A member of the N.W.P. and an author.
(c) A member of the R.S.V.P. and a politician.
(d) A member of the C.P.G.B. and an author.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the occupational centers of the thirties?

2. When asked who the top ten greatest men living in 1920, who was most often named in Orwell's school class?

3. Who did Orwell believe was doing the best work for the unemployed in the thirties?

4. What famous line came from Greenwood's play "Love on the Dole?"

5. When a miner comes up from the pit, why does he appear to be pale?

(see the answer key)

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