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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long were the fillers on the job during their shifts?
(a) Six hours with no benefits.
(b) Eight hours with half an hour for lunch.
(c) Seven and a half hours with no break.
(d) Seven hours with two twenty minute breaks.

2. What things did Orwell believe a good writer needed that an unemployed man could not find?
(a) Peace of mind, and quiet.
(b) Peace of mind, and a room of his own to work.
(c) Peace of mind, and a new, modern typewriter.
(d) Peace of mind, and extra cash.

3. What does "one up, one down" mean?
(a) One room in front of another.
(b) One room with a higher ceiling than the other.
(c) One ground floor, one basement.
(d) One room on each storey.

4. Who did Orwell believe was doing the best work for the unemployed in the thirties?
(a) The National Communist Party.
(b) The National Employment Readiness Centers.
(c) The National Center for Employment Benefits.
(d) The National Unemployed Workers' Union.

5. What did Orwell find amazing about the unemployed men he met after returning from Burma?
(a) That they were shiftless and uneducated.
(b) That they were angry and bitter people.
(c) That they were ashamed of being unemployed.
(d) That they were well fed and well clothed.

Short Answer Questions

1. In one town, what was built instead of public housing the town desperately needed?

2. Who were the only permanent lodgers at the Brookers?

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

4. When the Corporation cleaned out the slums and moved its occupants, where did it build housing for them?

5. What did Orwell urge the reader to realize about the coal miner?

(see the answer key)

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