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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. In 1918, what was the general feeling throughout England?
(a) One of uncertainty due to the war.
(b) One of conservatism due to the war.
(c) One of revolutionary thought due to the war.
(d) One of understanding due to the war.

2. To what did Orwell compare a "shabby-genteel family" in England?
(a) The same as a family of poor farmers in Paris.
(b) The same as a "negro" family living in Manchester.
(c) The same as a family of poor whites living in an all "negro" area.
(d) The same as a family of immigrants in the United States.

3. What class did Orwell say he was born into?
(a) The lower-middle-upper-class.
(b) The middle-upper-middle class.
(c) The middle-upper class.
(d) The lower-upper-middle-class.

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 happened to you and for which you were to blame.
(d) As something that you had coming to you for being so lazy.

5. What did Orwell find hopeful about the unemployed men he met?
(a) They relied on each other for food and money.
(b) They could talk about their experiences and learn from them.
(c) They continued to exerecise in case work should come available in the mines.
(d) They had not gone to pieces spiritually.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Orwell find amazing about the unemployed men he met after returning from Burma?

2. Why did Orwell's parents eventually forbid him to play with certain children in the neighborhood?

3. What did Orwell cite as a reason class hatred seemed to be diminishing in the late 1930's?

4. What portion of the population of Wigan was living on unemployment, including family members?

5. What did Saintsbury say about unemployment insurance?

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