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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Heraldo de Aragun contain information about?
(a) The Polish invasion.
(b) The fall of Mblaga.
(c) The defeat of the Nazis.
(d) The defeat of the Russians.

2. Who does Orwell describe as a tough looking youth of 26?
(a) A paratrooper.
(b) An Italian millitiaman.
(c) A popular army member.
(d) A German soldier.

3. Who takes all the patients' belongings while Orwell is in hospital?
(a) The nurses.
(b) The visitors.
(c) The orderlies.
(d) The doctors.

4. What does Orwell say the trenches stink of?
(a) Working men.
(b) Dead bodies.
(c) Human excrement.
(d) Cigar smoke.

5. To what city has Orwell's wife moved?
(a) Zaragoza.
(b) Lisbon.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Barcelona.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on top of each hilltop?

2. What color did the Anarchists paint the trams and taxis?

3. Which Spanish political party was under Communist control?

4. Where do the Fascists mount a counter attack from?

5. What does Orwell say was being systematically destroyed in Catalonia?

(see the answer key)

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