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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. Who was the typical Socialist of the late 1930's in England?
2. What were the "Clothing Clubs?"
3. With what, according to Orwell, is socialism inextricably connected?
4. What was the most obvious sign of malnourishment in the families of the unemployed men?
5. How did unemployment affect the life of the married man?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where did Orwell go to live for five years when he was twenty? What were the difference in class distinctions he observed there?
2. What was "scrambling for the coal?"
3. What was a "shabby-genteel" family in Orwell's opinion? What were some of the characteristics of a shabby-genteel family?
4. What did Orwell identify as the two methodologies for abolishing the class system in England? Why did he believe neither of these two to be viable?
5. Orwell described the view from a street in Sheffield. Describe what he saw when he looked around the town.
6. Why did Orwell consider Socialism a way out of the social and economic conditions plaguing England in the 1930's? How did he present his argument?
7. What was the employment situation in Wigan and Sheffield, the two towns Orwell wrote about?
8. What were some of the benefits available to unemployed workers in Wigan and Sheffield? How long did benefits last? How long could someone remain unemployed before running out of benefits?
9. What story did Orwell relate about the beer bottle? How did this support his dislike of the working class body? How did he say he was able to overcome this dislike?
10. Why did Orwell think the working class people were rarely pure Socialists?
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
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?
Essay Topic 3
Orwell and many other writers have described the horrible work conditions in coal mines all over the world. Describe the conditions in the coal mines in northern England in the 1930's. What challenges and risks did miners face working in the mines? What was Orwell's reactions to being in the mines with the workers? Why?
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