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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Inside the Whale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orwell believes that ________ corrupts thought.
(a) Haphazard English.
(b) Bad English.
(c) Reduced English.
(d) Poor English.

2. When does Orwell meet Miller?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1933.

3. In what decade does a new group of writers who begin to focus on the ideal of a serious purpose in life emerge?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1930s.
(d) 1940s.

4. Kipling feels that suppressing and controlling native people is what?
(a) Honorable.
(b) Normal.
(c) Horrible.
(d) Bestial.

5. Kipling provides nearly the only literary description of much of nineteenth-century where?
(a) Anglo-Pacifica.
(b) Anglo-Persia.
(c) Anglo-India.
(d) Anglo-Arabia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In one example, Orwell translates a verse from what book into typical bad English?

2. Orwell, although he once found Houseman to be enjoyable, now finds his writings to be what?

3. When political truth is difficult, meaningless ________ becomes acceptable.

4. Totalitarian Russia is associated with what type of political beliefs?

5. What style is "Tropic of Cancer" written in?

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