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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. Why did Orwell say Socialism had not taken hold in England despite its common-sense doctrine?
(a) The lack of political organization in the pary.
(b) The poor working conditions at the mines.
(c) The military police.
(d) The wrong propaganda.

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

3. What were some of the restrictions placed on residents of Corporation housing?
(a) No cars parked on the street, no pets larger than fifty pounds.
(b) No animals or pets, no laundry lines.
(c) No poultry or pigeons, no neighborhood pubs.
(d) No trash on the streets, no outdoor fires.

4. What was "scrambling for the coal?"
(a) Poor men running up the slag piles, digging out coal and putting it in their poclets.
(b) Poor men shoveling through the slag from the mines and passing the coal to their wives.
(c) Poor men fighting each other for lumps of coal in the slag.
(d) Poor men hijacking train cars and shoveling through them for coins.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the tenants of the slum houses believe to be the worst landlords?

2. What did the Socialists think of the occupational centers?

3. Who were the fillers?

4. What did Orwell learn had happened to Wigan Pier?

5. Why does every miner have a blue scar on his nose and forehead?

(see the answer key)

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