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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 says that all successful people share his desire for what?
(a) Receiving attention.
(b) Money.
(c) Influence.
(d) Vainglory.

2. What do boys' weeklies do to foreigners in their stories?
(a) Enslave them.
(b) Stereotype them.
(c) Ignore them.
(d) Destroy them.

3. Orwell describes himself as what?
(a) Insecure.
(b) Needy.
(c) Vain.
(d) Selfish.

4. Orwells says that the political ______ is able to create or dismiss war's happenings to fit the current political atmosphere's needs.
(a) Elite.
(b) Machine.
(c) Press.
(d) Process.

5. What kind of employee tells Orwell that he, instead of the antelope, could eat the food Orwell is giving to the antelope?
(a) Animal caretaker employee.
(b) State employee.
(c) Park employee.
(d) Municipal employee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia," has a distinctly _______ feel.

2. Which religious type, in Marrakech, is crowded into restricted areas?

3. Orwell believes that the ruling class of England is what?

4. Orwell doesn't believe that Gandhi's political beliefs can be separated from what?

5. Gandhi became a political figure because he experienced what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the real debate, that Orwell mentions, that surrounds the weeklies?

2. Who does Miller write about in "Tropic of Cancer"?

3. What does the title "England Your England" indicate about Orwell's feelings for England?

4. What must writers avoid, in order not to destroy their impulse to write?

5. What does the Italian militiaman symbolize for Orwell?

6. What are some of the religious beliefs that Gandhi held?

7. What does Orwell realize when one of the Senegalese soldiers looks at him with wide, wondering eyes?

8. What does Orwell conclude about the differences in nationality in England?

9. Why did the British government look favorably on Gandhi?

10. What is one of the remarkable observations that Orwell makes about the local conditions in Marrakech?

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