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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Orwell learn had happened to Wigan Pier?
(a) It was a myth and never existed.
(b) It was converted into a caravan park.
(c) It had been demolished.
(d) It was turned into a diner.

2. Who were the fillers?
(a) The men digging coal from the ground.
(b) The men moving coal on the elevators.
(c) The foremen.
(d) The men shoveling coal onto the conveyer belt.

3. When the Corporation cleaned out the slums and moved its occupants, where did it build housing for them?
(a) Far away from the tenants' employment.
(b) In the center of town.
(c) On top of pre-existing housing.
(d) Below ground.

4. What did Mr. Brooker do while grumbling that it was "women's work?"
(a) Shop for groceries and mend curtains.
(b) Clean the bathrooms and cook oatmeal for dinner.
(c) Peel potatoes and clean house.
(d) Watch the television in the middle of the day.

5. What were some of the most common conditions Orwell notes of housing in the industrial areas?
(a) Overcrowding, no roof, no dishes.
(b) Bugs, no bedding, no stove.
(c) No hot water, no electircity, no roof.
(d) Unopenable windows, bugs, and overcrowding.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was unemployment viewed by people in the late twenties and early thirties in England?

2. What is left when a slag heap sinks into the ground?

3. What were the two kinds of determining social status in 1930's England?

4. Why did Orwell reference "Punch" in his discussion of class?

5. What was one commodity that was less expensive in industrialized parts of England than the rest of the country?

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