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

2. What did Orwell cite as a reason class hatred seemed to be diminishing in the late 1930's?
(a) These opinions of hatred were those of only the upper classes.
(b) These opinions of hatred were not real anymore.
(c) These opinions of hatred were not in print anymore.
(d) These opinions of hatred were those of only old men.

3. What was done with the unusable shale inside of the mines?
(a) It was brought to the surface and dumped into "dirt-heaps."
(b) It was taken away by large trucks and brought to lakes and rivers.
(c) It was left in the mine in empty mine shafts.
(d) It was added to the coal and processed.

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

5. With what, according to Orwell, is socialism inextricably connected?
(a) The idea of better housing and working conditions.
(b) The idea of workers' solidarity.
(c) The idea of machine production.
(d) The idea of overthrow of the rich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did "The Sleeper Awakes" and "Brave New World" have in common in Orwell's opinion?

2. Who was Emmie?

3. What is one superstition miner sometimes hold to?

4. Why were the industrial towns in England so ugly and noxious?

5. When they had something to eat, what did the fillers consume?

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