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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what did the Brookers purchase insurance policies?
(a) They insured their home and shop.
(b) They insured the lives of both old age pensioners.
(c) They insured each other.
(d) They insured their children.

2. In his last sentence of the book, what did Orwell suggest was the only thing the country had to lose by working for ending class prejudice?
(a) "Our classism."
(b) "Our aitches."
(c) "Our hatred."
(d) "Our cynicism."

3. Why did Orwell think the upper-middle class were drawn to India, Kenya and Nigeria?
(a) Because they were unable to speak the language and were considered intelligent.
(b) Because they could pretend to live the life of gentlemen.
(c) Because they could effect social change.
(d) Because they were considered royalty in those countries.

4. What did Orwell say was the only way to abolish class distinctions in England?
(a) You must be willing to incite a revolution.
(b) You must be willing to abolish part of yourself.
(c) You must be willing to eat fish and chips.
(d) You must be willing to move to northern England.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Orwell urge the reader to realize about the coal miner?

2. Who was John Galsworthy?

3. According to Mrs. Brooker, who was "at Canada?"

4. What did Orwell suggest to both the bourgeoisie and the proletarians?

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

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