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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 are not allowed to use a bathroom.
(b) Food is available in the mine if they need something.
(c) They cannot work all day on a full stomach.
(d) They have permanently lost their appetites.

2. Who was Comrade X?
(a) A member of the C.P.G.B. and an author.
(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 A.C.L.U. and a politician.

3. When a miner comes up from the pit, why does he appear to be pale?
(a) Because he has not been in the sun.
(b) Because he is exhausted.
(c) Because he is thirsty.
(d) Because of the foul air he has been breathing.

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

5. 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 for which you were to blame.
(c) As something that happened to you and from which you could escape.
(d) As something that happened because you did poorly at your job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is nystagmus?

2. What is a "dataller?"

3. In a year, how many minors are killed at work?

4. To what did Orwell compare a "shabby-genteel family" in England?

5. What book did Orwell write telling of his experiences in London with the unemployed street people?

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