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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orwell, although he once found Houseman to be enjoyable, now finds his writings to be what?
(a) Ridiculous.
(b) Boring.
(c) Quaint.
(d) Off-color.

2. What style is "Tropic of Cancer" written in?
(a) Autobiographical.
(b) Historical.
(c) First-person narrative.
(d) Poetic.

3. What kind of park does Orwell sit in when he feeds the antelope?
(a) Wilderness park.
(b) City park.
(c) State park.
(d) Safari park.

4. Early in his life, Gandhi tried to _______ British culture.
(a) Assimilate.
(b) Promote.
(c) Reject.
(d) Ignore.

5. Which is not a title Orwell lists as one of the boys' weeklies?
(a) Champion.
(b) Skipper.
(c) Hound.
(d) Rover.

6. Why do the English people support the brutal and discriminatory laws?
(a) They have no choice.
(b) They value the rule of law.
(c) They think it has always been this way.
(d) They don't know anything better.

7. The changes in England have been accompanied by the rapid expansion of the what?
(a) Middle class.
(b) Economic gap.
(c) Poor class.
(d) Government.

8. Gandhi believed that he should avoid having what type of friends?
(a) Giving friends.
(b) Spiteful friends.
(c) Close friends.
(d) Religious friends.

9. Orwell says that no book is entirely free from what?
(a) Personal influences.
(b) Individual history.
(c) Comic relief.
(d) Political bias.

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

11. The most marked characteristic of England, according to Orwell, is what?
(a) Its hypocrisy.
(b) Its spirituality.
(c) Its gentleness.
(d) Its monarchy.

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

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

14. What does Orwell feed to the antelope?
(a) Grain.
(b) Seeds.
(c) Bread.
(d) Hay.

15. Most Europeans who visit Marrakech are appalled at the harsh treatment meted out to what?
(a) The cows.
(b) The donkeys.
(c) The children.
(d) The women.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many reasons compel writers to write, according to Orwell?

2. The officers of the Senegalese soldiers are not marching, they are what?

3. When was Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer" published?

4. Orwell describes himself as what?

5. Orwell says that he has generally only written solid prose when his political purpose was what?

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