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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 was the average size of one of the dwellings?
(a) Five feet wide by six feet high.
(b) Ten feet wide by ten feet high.
(c) Twenty feet wide by five feet high.
(d) Ten feet wide by twelve feet high.

2. What were newspaper canvassers?
(a) They were door-to-door surveyers for the census.
(b) They were door-to-door advertisement salesmen.
(c) They were door-to-door pollsters for the political candidate.
(d) They were door-to-door salesmen selling newspaper subscriptions.

3. What was offered a very few of the miners in the better built mines?
(a) A hot meal.
(b) A pithead bath.
(c) A quart of water.
(d) A check cashing facility.

4. What did Orwell believe was the deeper implications of Socialism?
(a) Socialism stands for better housing for the working poor.
(b) Socialism stands for justice and common decency.
(c) Socialism stands for better wages and better working conditions.
(d) Socialism stands for democracy and common goals.

5. Who was Comrade X?
(a) A member of the A.C.L.U. and a politician.
(b) A member of the N.W.P. and an author.
(c) A member of the C.P.G.B. and an author.
(d) A member of the R.S.V.P. and a politician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Old Jack say every night when he went to bed?

2. In what position must the fillers work?

3. How did Orwell describe Mr. Brooker?

4. What did Orwell think was the result of efforts at reducing class distinctions in England?

5. To what did Orwell compare the sound of the conveyor belt in the mine?

(see the answer key)

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