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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. What did each of the permanent lodgers get for their ten shillings a week rent?
(a) A bedroom, a shared bath, and two meals a day.
(b) A couch in a living area, a shared bath, and one meal a day.
(c) A bed in the attic and meals that were mostly bread and butter.
(d) An attic room, a toilet, and one meal a day.

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

3. What did Orwell call "the best example of bourgeois-baiting literature?"
(a) Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."
(b) Ionesco's "The Bald Soprano."
(c) Mirsky's "Intelligentsia of Great Britain."
(d) Shaw's "Major Barbara."

4. Why did Orwell think the upper-middle class were drawn to India, Kenya and Nigeria?
(a) Because they could pretend to live the life of gentlemen.
(b) Because they could effect social change.
(c) Because they were unable to speak the language and were considered intelligent.
(d) Because they were considered royalty in those countries.

5. Who was the typical Socialist of the late 1930's in England?
(a) A member of the lower class.
(b) A man.
(c) A member of the middle class.
(d) A woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one superstition miner sometimes hold to?

2. What is the first thing a miner does when he comes up from the mine?

3. According to Mrs. Brooker, who was "at Canada?"

4. What was one problem faced by the tenant moving from slum housing into new housing?

5. How does a machine evolve in Orwell's opinion?

(see the answer key)

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