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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Orwell find amazing about the unemployed men he met after returning from Burma?
(a) That they were well fed and well clothed.
(b) That they were angry and bitter people.
(c) That they were ashamed of being unemployed.
(d) That they were shiftless and uneducated.

2. How did unemployment affect the life of the married man?
(a) Unemployment raised the crime rate.
(b) Unemployment encouraged men to do housework.
(c) Unemployment drove men to drink.
(d) Unemployment did not make much difference in the home.

3. Under the capitalist system, who did Orwell say must live on the edge of starvation so that England can live in comfort?
(a) Thousands of Africans.
(b) One hundred million Indians.
(c) A million Burmese.
(d) Ten thousand coal miners.

4. How did Orwell describe a slag heap?
(a) "A horrid blight on the landscape."
(b) "A thing of beauty rising in the distance."
(c) "A testiment to man's toil."
(d) "A hideous thing, planless and functionless."

5. Why did Orwell reference "Punch" in his discussion of class?
(a) Punch was the weekely magazine read by al classes of people.
(b) Punch was strongly against the class system in England.
(c) Punch was a sarcastic magazine.
(d) Punch often portrayed the middle-class as a figure of fun and joking.

6. How does a machine evolve in Orwell's opinion?
(a) By becoming obsolete.
(b) By becoming more streamlined and smaller.
(c) By achieving perfection.
(d) By becoming more efficient and more foolproof.

7. What was one commodity that was less expensive in industrialized parts of England than the rest of the country?
(a) Fuel.
(b) Telephones.
(c) Cable.
(d) Electricity.

8. What was the most obvious sign of malnourishment in the families of the unemployed men?
(a) Bad eyesight.
(b) Bad speech.
(c) Bad hearing.
(d) Bad teeth.

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

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

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

12. Where did Orwell go before he turned twenty?
(a) Belfast.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Burma.
(d) Sudan.

13. In order to calculate the actual number of people living on unemployment in England, what would one need to do?
(a) Multiply the official figure by 4.5.
(b) Divide the figure by more than five.
(c) Multiply the official figure by 2.5.
(d) Multiply the official figures by over three.

14. In 1918, what was the general feeling throughout England?
(a) One of uncertainty due to the war.
(b) One of conservatism due to the war.
(c) One of revolutionary thought due to the war.
(d) One of understanding due to the war.

15. How long was Orwell a member of the Indian Police?
(a) Four months.
(b) Five years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Seven years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was John Galsworthy?

2. Who did Orwell go to hear speak while he was in Sheffield?

3. How did a Northerner visiting Southern England see that part of the country?

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

5. What was the number of people underfed in England based on Orwell's calculations?

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