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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Looking Back on the Spanish War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under the philosophy of the school, obscene displays of wealth are indicative of what?
(a) Redemption and power.
(b) Moral goodness.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Social superiority.

2. Dickens believes that society's ills are partially due to what?
(a) Lack of history.
(b) Lack of families.
(c) Lack of morals.
(d) Lack of government.

3. Dickens treats all petty officials with what?
(a) Contempt.
(b) Impatience.
(c) Fear.
(d) Pity.

4. What kind of employee tells Orwell that he, instead of the antelope, could eat the food Orwell is giving to the antelope?
(a) Municipal employee.
(b) Park employee.
(c) State employee.
(d) Animal caretaker employee.

5. What is depicted on McGill postcards that is, by definition, humorous?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Pregnancy.
(c) Children.
(d) Drunkenness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the common writing errors that Orwell points out in his essay?

2. Dickens believes that what type of children shouldn't have to work long shifts in crushing labor?

3. What is the "Blitz" of World War II?

4. At what time period does Raffles capture the public's imagination?

5. Orwell questions whether Gandhi truly understood the nature of what?

(see the answer key)

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