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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Orwell believes that Dickens is more than an author, he is a what?
(a) Hero.
(b) Leader.
(c) Institution.
(d) Icon.
2. What trait, of the students, determines their discipline level and what classes they can take?
(a) Their test scores.
(b) Their intelligence level.
(c) Their economic status.
(d) Their future career paths.
3. The dirty postcards are a sign that people sometimes wish that society wasn't so what?
(a) Noble.
(b) Uptight.
(c) Civilized.
(d) Moral.
4. Dickens treats all petty officials with what?
(a) Impatience.
(b) Fear.
(c) Contempt.
(d) Pity.
5. Orwell says that bad English is a good vehicle for what kind of speech?
(a) Rhetorical.
(b) Moral.
(c) Political.
(d) Honest.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to the elephant after Orwell shoots all his elephant rifle ammunition at it?
2. Dickens writes from what point of view?
3. Raffles is considered a gentleman _______.
4. Dickens focuses on the institutions of what?
5. Most characters illustrated on McGill postcards are what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Kipling's poetry resonate with middle-class readers?
2. What does Orwell announce after his first beating?
3. What is Orwell's intention when he leaves his station to look for the elephant?
4. What are the common writing errors that Orwell enumerates in his "Politics and the English Language" essay?
5. Why is bad English an excellent vehicle for political speech?
6. What does Orwell conclude about Dickens's solution for societal ills, at the end of the essay?
7. How is the post-Hitler world view of law different from Kipling's?
8. What is the plot of "No Orchids for Miss Blandish"?
9. What is "bad English writing," according to Orwell?
10. What describes the purpose of the semi-illicit postcards most newsstands carry?
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