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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The subsequent investigation finds that Orwell was _______ in shooting the elephant.
(a) Justified.
(b) Honorable.
(c) Wrong.
(d) Brave.

3. Dickens was considered a social _______.
(a) Elitist.
(b) Survivor.
(c) Radical.
(d) Reforms.

4. McGill's postcards are designed to get what?
(a) Sold.
(b) Collected.
(c) Noticed.
(d) A laugh.

5. How long does it take Orwell before he started wetting his bed at school?
(a) Five weeks.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Two weeks.

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

7. At what time period does Raffles capture the public's imagination?
(a) Beginning of the 19th century.
(b) Beginning of the 17th century.
(c) Beginning of the 18th century.
(d) Beginning of the 20th century.

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

9. Orwell believes that good English writing demands what?
(a) Work.
(b) Determination.
(c) Attention.
(d) Editing.

10. Who does Orwell, while he is at school, smash in the face?
(a) Johnny Weston.
(b) Johnny McDonald.
(c) Johnny Hall.
(d) Johnny Eweing.

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

12. At what age do the McGill postcards imply that sex-appeal evaporates?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Thirty-five.

13. 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.

14. Orwell says that Dickens never wrote of what?
(a) Sickness.
(b) Government.
(c) Battle.
(d) Fear.

15. Who is the author of the Raffles stories?
(a) Hornsung.
(b) Horntrung.
(c) Hornmurrg.
(d) Hornung.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what accent do all of Dickens's heroes speak?

2. Most characters illustrated on McGill postcards are what?

3. Who delivers the beatings to Orwell for wetting his bed?

4. The students at the school are told that those who are sinful will exhibit their sin by what?

5. The basic premise of the postcards that deal with marriage is that marriage benefits who?

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