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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. What is a cage?
(a) A steel box in which the foreman rides through the caverns.
(b) A steel box that is lowered at a fast rate into the caverns of the mine.
(c) A steel box in which supplies and personal belongings are kept.
(d) A steel box in which coal is transported to the surface.

2. How did Orwell describe Mrs. Brooker?
(a) A jolly, industrious woman.
(b) An overweight, jolly woman.
(c) A beautiful, tall seductress.
(d) An anxious faced, obese invalid.

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

4. In order to calculate the actual number of people living on unemployment in England, what would one need to do?
(a) Divide the figure by more than five.
(b) Multiply the official figures by over three.
(c) Multiply the official figure by 2.5.
(d) Multiply the official figure by 4.5.

5. Why did Orwell believe the return trip through the tunnels was worse than the initial one?
(a) Because he was going slightly uphill on the return.
(b) Because he was terribly hungry.
(c) Because he was forced to move very quickly.
(d) Because he was alone in the dark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did each of the permanent lodgers get for their ten shillings a week rent?

2. What was offered a very few of the miners in the better built mines?

3. In what positions did Orwell find himself moving through the tunnels in the coal mine?

4. For what did the Brookers purchase insurance policies?

5. How did Orwell describe the attitude toward education in the working class?

(see the answer key)

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