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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said "an army marches on its stomach?"
(a) Homer.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Hitler.

2. What were the "Clothing Clubs?"
(a) Clubs in industrial towns in which unemployed men could trade old clothing for new.
(b) Clubs in industrial towns in which unemployed men could buy new clothes.
(c) Clubs in industrial towns in which unemployed men were given loans for clothing.
(d) Clubs in industrial towns in which unemployed men could send their wives for clothes.

3. How was unemployment viewed by people in the late twenties and early thirties in England?
(a) As something that happened to you and from which you could escape.
(b) As something that happened because you did poorly at your job.
(c) As something that happened to you and for which you were to blame.
(d) As something that you had coming to you for being so lazy.

4. What famous line came from Greenwood's play "Love on the Dole?"
(a) "Oh God, let me die!"
(b) "Oh God, send me some work!"
(c) "Oh God, why have y ou done this to me?"
(d) "Oh, God, let me get out of here!"

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Emmie?

2. Who did Orwell go to hear speak while he was in Sheffield?

3. For what did the Brookers purchase insurance policies?

4. How does a miner bathe after dinner?

5. What did Orwell find hopeful about the unemployed men he met?

(see the answer key)

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