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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. England has a vast division between what?
(a) The north and the south.
(b) The east and the west.
(c) The noble and the common.
(d) The rich and the poor.

2. In what decade does a new group of writers who begin to focus on the ideal of a serious purpose in life emerge?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1940s.

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

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

5. The main serialized stories of both "Gem" and "Magnet" focus on what?
(a) Athletics.
(b) Home life.
(c) Church.
(d) School life.

Short Answer Questions

1. English national characteristics include a lack of what type of inclination?

2. Orwell says that writers are usually vain and what?

3. What is the first reason that writers might be compelled to write?

4. Orwell, although he once found Houseman to be enjoyable, now finds his writings to be what?

5. The boys' weeklies completely lack what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the difference between patriotism and national loyalty for Orwell?

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

4. What are the characters in "Tropic of Cancer" like?

5. What are some of the national characteristics of England?

6. How does Orwell feel about Gandhi?

7. What do Gandhi's methods of non-violence require from the government?

8. What is the fourth desire that motivates writers?

9. Describe the poor in Marrakech.

10. What does Orwell believe about the historical accounts of the Spanish Civil War?

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