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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 was the most obvious sign of malnourishment in the families of the unemployed men?
(a) Bad teeth.
(b) Bad eyesight.
(c) Bad hearing.
(d) Bad speech.

2. What did Orwell think was the "ugliest town in the Old World?"
(a) Wigan.
(b) Sheffield.
(c) Manchester.
(d) Snelling.

3. What were the occupational centers of the thirties?
(a) Places men could go to receive testing and training.
(b) Places men could go to start new careers as professionals.
(c) Places men could go to learn carpentry, boot making and other skills.
(d) Places men could go to watch television in peace and quiet.

4. What did "The Sleeper Awakes" and "Brave New World" have in common in Orwell's opinion?
(a) Both are written about a pessimistic utopia.
(b) Both are written about the fall of machines.
(c) Both are written about the future of mankind.
(d) Both are written about the future of America.

5. What did the Socialists think of the occupational centers?
(a) They believed the centers were run by Marxists.
(b) They believed the centers were brainwashing men.
(c) They believed the centers were there to keep the unemployed quiet and hopeful.
(d) They believed the centers should do more training.

Short Answer Questions

1. What common feeling was shared by all of the different factions of the middle class in England?

2. How was unemployment viewed by people in the late twenties and early thirties in England?

3. Who wrote "The Coal Scuttle?"

4. At what time of year does the coal industry slack off?

5. What four words did Orwell discuss in detail as the reason for class distinctions?

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