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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What portion of the population of Wigan was living on unemployment, including family members?
(a) One half.
(b) One eighth.
(c) One third.
(d) One forth.

3. What creature did Orwell see a surprising abundance of in the coal mine?
(a) Bats.
(b) Mice.
(c) Moles.
(d) Rats.

4. What were some of the misconceptions Orwell noted about Socialists in 1930's England?
(a) They were all determined to undermine the class structure of the community.
(b) They were all pseudo-intellectuals.
(c) They are all eccentric, pacifists and cranks.
(d) They were all closet Facists.

5. What did miners tell Orwell about why they ate less than he did at a meal?
(a) They cannot work all day on a full stomach.
(b) They are not allowed to use a bathroom.
(c) They have permanently lost their appetites.
(d) Food is available in the mine if they need something.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were some of the restrictions placed on residents of Corporation housing?

2. What did Saintsbury say about unemployment insurance?

3. What did each of the permanent lodgers get for their ten shillings a week rent?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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