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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age did Orwell know he was going to be a writer?
(a) A teenager.
(b) Five.
(c) A very young age.
(d) A school-aged boy.

2. Gandhi believed in what dietary principle?
(a) Carnivorism.
(b) Omnivorism.
(c) Vegetarianism.
(d) Gluten-free diets.

3. Orwell regrets that there are no ____________ boys' weeklies.
(a) Better written.
(b) More dramatic.
(c) Left-leaning.
(d) Realistic.

4. When does Orwell meet Miller?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1936.

5. Gandhi was part of what country's independence movement?
(a) Saudi Arabia.
(b) China.
(c) India.
(d) Pakistan.

6. Where is Marrakech?
(a) Korea.
(b) Morocco.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Tahiti.

7. Which religious type, in Marrakech, is crowded into restricted areas?
(a) Hindus.
(b) Jews.
(c) Christians.
(d) Muslims.

8. What age are the boy's weeklies aimed at?
(a) 12-16.
(b) 9-16.
(c) 11-16.
(d) 10-16.

9. Orwell's early attempts at writing were focused on what type of poems?
(a) Descriptive.
(b) Historical.
(c) Rhyming.
(d) Comic.

10. Non-objective truth, according to Orwell, is a diagnostic symptom of what?
(a) A republican state.
(b) A democratic state.
(c) A communist state.
(d) A totalitarian state.

11. Gandhi became a political figure because he experienced what?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Prestige.
(c) Resentment.
(d) Discrimination.

12. Orwell thinks that the antelope looks like it would be good to do what to?
(a) To keep.
(b) To eat.
(c) To ride.
(d) To pet.

13. Gandhi's methods presupposed that the British regime would react in what type of manner?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Insane.
(c) Violent.
(d) Rational.

14. Who does most of the work on the farms in Marrakech?
(a) The men.
(b) The slaves.
(c) The children.
(d) The women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Orwell feed to the antelope?

3. Who supported Franco's defeat in the Spanish Civil War?

4. Most Europeans who visit Marrakech are appalled at the harsh treatment meted out to what?

5. What style is "Tropic of Cancer" written in?

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