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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of shop was attached to the Brooker's boarding house?
(a) A smoke shop.
(b) A women's dress shop.
(c) A small grocery.
(d) A tripe shop.

2. To what man did Orwell compare the coal miner?
(a) To the machine driver.
(b) To the oil man.
(c) To the plowman.
(d) To the banker.

3. At what point did Orwell leave the Brooker's boarding house?
(a) When he had enough of the other men sharing his room.
(b) When he found there was a full chamber pot under the breakfast table.
(c) When all of his belongings were stolen.
(d) When his wallet was stolen.

4. To what did Orwell compare the sound of the conveyor belt in the mine?
(a) A machine gun.
(b) An echo.
(c) A loud hum.
(d) Thunder.

5. How did Orwell describe the meals at the Brooker's house?
(a) "Uniformly disgusting."
(b) "Pitifully disgusting."
(c) "Uniformly pitiful."
(d) "Abjectly woeful."

Short Answer Questions

1. What were newspaper canvassers?

2. What did the fillers wear?

3. How many tons of coal were moved on the conveyor belt every minute?

4. When they had something to eat, what did the fillers consume?

5. What was the only quality associated with hell that was not in the coal mine?

(see the answer key)

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