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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In general, Orwell believes that bad English ______ the language of meaning.
(a) Evaporates.
(b) Annuls.
(c) Voids.
(d) Reduces.

2. Orwell believes that Kipling's poetry is remembered because of what?
(a) The portrayal of values.
(b) The subject matter.
(c) The lyrical way it is written.
(d) The tonal qualities to the writing.

3. What city is "Tropic of Cancer" set in?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) London.

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

5. The dialogue in Miller's novel is what?
(a) Strange.
(b) Short.
(c) Illiterate.
(d) Coarse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kipling strongly identifies with what class?

2. Kipling's poetry has penetrated into everyday language because Kipling did what?

3. According to Orwell, how does Kipling view life?

4. In what decade does a new group of writers who begin to focus on the ideal of a serious purpose in life emerge?

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

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