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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many shots does Orwell fire before approaching the elephant?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

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

3. The dirty postcards are a sign that people sometimes wish that society wasn't so what?
(a) Civilized.
(b) Uptight.
(c) Moral.
(d) Noble.

4. The basic premise of the postcards that deal with marriage is that marriage benefits who?
(a) Only the women.
(b) Only the men.
(c) Both the men and the women.
(d) Only the children.

5. For Dickens, work is what?
(a) Something that happens on occasion.
(b) An event that happens elsewhere.
(c) A moral thing.
(d) An issue of money.

6. What is one of the schools that Crossgates graduates attend?
(a) Ellison.
(b) Edinburgh.
(c) Everton.
(d) Eton.

7. With what accent do all of Dickens's heroes speak?
(a) Dock worker.
(b) Middle-class.
(c) Slums.
(d) Upper-class.

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

9. Orwell believes that automatic and uncritical thought does what to language?
(a) Corrupts it.
(b) Reduces it.
(c) Destroys it.
(d) Enhances it.

10. The McGill postcards say that no marriage is what?
(a) Valid.
(b) Complete.
(c) Argument-free.
(d) Happy.

11. Is Donald McGill a real person?
(a) No one knows.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) It depends on who you ask.

12. Kipling strongly identifies with what class?
(a) The official ruling class.
(b) The laboring class.
(c) The poor class.
(d) The middle class.

13. The premise of "No Orchids for Miss Blandish" is that everyone seeks to increase what?
(a) Their personal wealth.
(b) Their personal power.
(c) Their personal pride.
(d) Their personal standing.

14. In what type of print does Raffles appear?
(a) Magazines.
(b) Blogs.
(c) Books.
(d) Newspapers.

15. Orwell leaves the scene of the elephant shooting feeling what?
(a) Disgusted.
(b) Sad.
(c) Happy.
(d) Brave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dickens suggests that if man would be decent, then _________ would be decent.

2. Orwell's education at Crossgates is intended to gather him what?

3. How is Raffles killed?

4. Orwell believes that good English writing demands what?

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

(see the answer keys)

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