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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, 11, and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What common feeling was shared by all of the different factions of the middle class in England?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Understanding.

2. Who did the tenants of the slum houses believe to be the worst landlords?
(a) The government.
(b) The poor woman who lives off the rent of her tenants.
(c) The mayor or anyone in his office.
(d) The wealthy buisnessman in London.

3. 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 A.C.L.U. and a politician.
(d) A member of the R.S.V.P. and a politician.

4. How did Orwell come to understand the discrepancies in pay for miners?
(a) By listening to talk around the lunch table.
(b) By working with the payroll departments.
(c) By studing pay checks and bank accounts.
(d) By interviewing miners.

5. What did Orwell find to be the determining factor in the way housekeeping was done?
(a) The lack of a grandmother in the house.
(b) The proximity of the landlord.
(c) The number of adults in one room.
(d) The number of children.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Orwell say was the distinguishing mark of the upper-middle class before the war in England?

3. What could happen to cause a miner to lose one or two days pay?

4. What were the first sounds Orwell heard in the morning when he woke at the Brookers?

5. Why did Orwell reference "Punch" in his discussion of class?

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