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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 say was the last question to be asked about class differences?
(a) Should Fascism be outlawed?
(b) Can anything be done about it?
(c) Is there anyone who cares about it?
(d) Should the government be overthrown?

2. Who was Old Jack?
(a) An ex-shopkeeper, around 80, who retired and sold his shop.
(b) An ex-miner, 80 years old, whose left hand had been severed in a mining accident.
(c) An ex-miner, 78 years old, who worked for over fifty years in the coal pits.
(d) An ex-soldier, 75 years old, whose legs were both amputated after a battle.

3. What playwright said that you can only bring a working man on stage "as an object of compassion?"
(a) Eugene O'Neil.
(b) George Bernard Shaw.
(c) Eugene Ionesco.
(d) D.H. Lawrence.

4. When a miner comes up from the pit, why does he appear to be pale?
(a) Because of the foul air he has been breathing.
(b) Because he has not been in the sun.
(c) Because he is exhausted.
(d) Because he is thirsty.

5. What were the occupational centers of the thirties?
(a) Places men could go to receive testing and training.
(b) Places men could go to start new careers as professionals.
(c) Places men could go to learn carpentry, boot making and other skills.
(d) Places men could go to watch television in peace and quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous line came from Greenwood's play "Love on the Dole?"

2. What could happen to cause a miner to lose one or two days pay?

3. What did Orwell think was more important than changes in dynasties or changes of religion?

4. Who were the fillers?

5. In what positions did Orwell find himself moving through the tunnels in the coal mine?

(see the answer key)

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