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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In one town, what was built instead of public housing the town desperately needed?
(a) A library.
(b) A museum.
(c) A town hall.
(d) A recreational area.

2. What author accused miners of gluttony?
(a) Rev. W. R. Inge.
(b) Rev. W.D. Acres.
(c) Rev. B.W. Smith.
(d) Rev. W. S. Bellows.

3. How did the Brookers view the two old age pensioners that lived in their house?
(a) They did not think of them at all as long as they paid their rent.
(b) They thought of them as a danger because they smoked in bed.
(c) They thought of them as dreadful parasites living on their charity.
(d) They thought of them as two old, quiet men bothering no one.

4. What did Orwell say the fillers looked like?
(a) Slaves in Egypt.
(b) Wooden soldiers.
(c) Hammered metal sculpture.
(d) Hammered iron statues.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "traveling?"

2. Who were the fillers?

3. Who was Emmie?

4. What point was Orwell making in his explanation of the coal miner's pay?

5. How does a miner bathe after dinner?

(see the answer key)

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