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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What creature did Orwell see a surprising abundance of in the coal mine?
2. How did one member of the press see Orwell's presence in Wigan?
3. Upon what did Orwell believe our civilization is based?
4. What is a cage?
5. What does "back to back" mean?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Orwell come to write "The Road to Wigan Pier?" When did he write the book? For whom? What were the three parts of the book when it was originally published?
2. Who were some of the boarders at the Brooker's rooming house? How were thought of by the Brookers?
3. Describe the meals Orwell was offered while living at the Brookers. Who cooked the meals? What were the boarders given to eat for dinner?
4. What were some of the reasons Orwell gave for a miner's pay being much lower than his publicized wage?
5. Why were the fillers an important part of the coal mining business? What were their jobs?
6. Why did Orwell believe that our civilization is founded on coal? How did he relate this belief to the coal miner?
7. Who were the Brookers? How did Orwell describe them? What did they look like? Behave like?
8. Who were the newspaper canvassers, and what were their jobs?
9. How did a miner clean up upon returning home? Why was cleaning up after work such a difficult task?
10. What were the coal mines like for Orwell? How did he see the men who mined the coal?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Means Test was a method of deciding benefit amounts for the unemployed. Discuss the Means Test, its affect on the unemployed worker, and on the greater community.
Essay Topic 2
Orwell explained that as a child, he was taught that the lower class, the working class, smells. What did this mean to Orwell as a child? As he grew up, how did this concept of a visceral odor become both literal and figurative? How does the concept of the working class smell affect the struggle Socialism faces with class issues in England?
Essay Topic 3
In the first chapter, Orwell described the meals provided by the Brookers to their lodgers. These meals were non-nutritious and in no way sated a man's hunger. How is this nutritional issue symbolic of other themes in his book, such as the poor and the country's need for Socialism?
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