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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 was the most understandable cause of accidents in a mine?
(a) Exhaustion.
(b) Collapsing roofs.
(c) Gas explosions.
(d) Cancer.

2. Why did Orwell reference "Punch" in his discussion of class?
(a) Punch was strongly against the class system in England.
(b) Punch was a sarcastic magazine.
(c) Punch was the weekely magazine read by al classes of people.
(d) Punch often portrayed the middle-class as a figure of fun and joking.

3. What is a "dataller?"
(a) A miner who digs the coal.
(b) A miner who attends to the roof of the mine.
(c) A miner who plants explosives.
(d) The superviser in the mine shaft.

4. What famous line came from Greenwood's play "Love on the Dole?"
(a) "Oh God, why have y ou done this to me?"
(b) "Oh God, send me some work!"
(c) "Oh God, let me die!"
(d) "Oh, God, let me get out of here!"

5. What portion of the population of Wigan was living on unemployment, including family members?
(a) One eighth.
(b) One third.
(c) One half.
(d) One forth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did unemployment affect the life of the married man?

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

3. What was the number of people underfed in England based on Orwell's calculations?

4. What class did Orwell say he was born into?

5. Where did Orwell first go to sleep with the beggars and criminals of the working class?

(see the answer key)

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