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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kipling's ideals result in poetry that do what to junior officers in the military?
(a) Ridicules them.
(b) Makes them heroes.
(c) De-humanizes them.
(d) Praises them.

2. Orwell believes that most of the post-Great War writers wrote without what?
(a) Political meanings.
(b) Political conviction.
(c) Political ideology.
(d) Political views.

3. Miller telld Orwell that his goal of direct participation in the Spanish Civil War was what?
(a) Moronic.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Idiotic.
(d) Ridiculous.

4. Kipling's poetry has penetrated into everyday language because Kipling did what?
(a) Told the truth.
(b) Used colorful language.
(c) Used common language.
(d) Told fanciful stories.

5. Orwell's study of English literature shows that English literature moves from a focus on the beauty of nature to a focus on the tragic nature of what?
(a) Society.
(b) Children.
(c) Life.
(d) Living.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Kipling feels that suppressing and controlling native people is what?

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

4. Orwell believes that ________ corrupts thought.

5. How many writing samples does Orwell mention in the beginning of "Politics and the English Language"?

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