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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. Where did Orwell go before he turned twenty?
2. Who said "an army marches on its stomach?"
3. What was the most obvious sign of malnourishment in the families of the unemployed men?
4. In Orwell's opinion, what was one way the working class man differed from the middle class man?
5. What was "the flock mattress?"
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Orwell's time in the military police effect his thinking about government and oppression?
2. What does the statement by Napoleon "an army marches on its stomach" mean in context of life in industrialized England?
3. What did Orwell do in order to learn more about the working class conditions he had previously not understood? How did he go about trying to be a part of the working class and see the world through their eyes?
4. Why did Orwell think the working class people were rarely pure Socialists?
5. How did Orwell see the clash between the Socialist idea of the machine state and the working people Socialism wished to bring into the fold?
6. How did Orwell argue against the common misconception that the poor and unemployed are simply lazy?
7. What was "scrambling for the coal?"
8. What was a "shabby-genteel" family in Orwell's opinion? What were some of the characteristics of a shabby-genteel family?
9. 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?
10. What were the reasons Orwell cited for Socialism being intrinsically tied to machine industrialization?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Orwell explained that in England there is a natural rivalry between the northern part of the country and the southern. One expression Orwell used was the Northern Cult. The Northern Cult was a particular way of thinking about England and Orwell found it to be important when learning about class values. What was the Northern Cult? What were the roots of this expression? Why was this an important part of class distinction over the years? What were the qualities associated with the Northern Cult?
Essay Topic 2
In Orwell's opinion, Socialism was more than an economic doctrine. Discuss Orwell's definitions of Socialism and why he believed it to be the most logical form of government for England at the end of the 1930's.
Essay Topic 3
Orwell described in detail the house in which he stayed with the Brookers, and the houses he visited and reported on for his book. Discuss the housing conditions in Wigan, Sheffield and other towns in northern England in the 1930's. Why were things so deplorable? Who did Orwell believe was responsible for the living conditions of the working and unemployed poor?
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