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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What trait, of the students, determines their discipline level and what classes they can take?
2. Where does Orwell shoot the elephant?
3. In one example, Orwell translates a verse from what book into typical bad English?
4. For Dickens, work is what?
5. Dickens did not write about what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the standard joke about home life that the semi-illicit postcards use?
2. What does the subsequent investigation find regarding Orwell's shooting of the elephant?
3. What is the difference between how poor and rich students are treated at Crossgates on social occasions, such as birthdays?
4. What is Orwell's motivation for shooting the elephant?
5. What is Orwell's intention when he leaves his station to look for the elephant?
6. What is the plot of "No Orchids for Miss Blandish"?
7. What does Orwell believe, contrary to public opinion, that corporal punishment does?
8. What role does Orwell believe his past experiences have played in his life?
9. Why does Orwell refer to Kipling's poetry as "good bad poetry"?
10. Why is bad English an excellent vehicle for political speech?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
According to Orwell's writings, why are civil liberties necessary in order to solve society's problems? Use evidence from the essays to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Using evidence presented by Orwell in his essays, what is bad English writing and how does it affect politics?
Essay Topic 3
What social structure does Orwell believe should exist in the world? Compare his ideal social structure to the social structures that do exist, and that he has written about.
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