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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Orwell's patrols difficult?
(a) The steep terrain.
(b) The overhead bombs.
(c) The muddy terrain.
(d) The stormy weather.

2. Where is Orwell sent to at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Zaragoza.
(b) Huesca.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Madrid.

3. What war are the front lines in Zaragoza reminiscent of?
(a) The Mafia Wars.
(b) World War One.
(c) The One Hundred Years War.
(d) The Boer War.

4. What are officers regarded as in the militia?
(a) A necessary evil.
(b) God like.
(c) Comrades-in-arms.
(d) The first line of attack.

5. How does Orwell try to kill the fleeing Fascist?
(a) By shooting him.
(b) By beating him around the head.
(c) By throwing an axe at him.
(d) By bayoneting him.

6. What starts to make life in the trenches more pleasant in Chapter 8?
(a) A visit from the soldier's wives.
(b) The end of the ammunition.
(c) The weather.
(d) The reopening of the postal system.

7. Where do they find out the two men are after they go looking for them in Chapter 7?
(a) The Fascist trenches.
(b) A hotel.
(c) The hospital.
(d) A forest cave.

8. Members of which army does Orwell say swagger around Barcelona?
(a) The German Army.
(b) The Fascist Army.
(c) The Popular Army.
(d) The Militia.

9. What do the Republicans do with the Fascists' unexploded bombs?
(a) Throw them back.
(b) Send them home.
(c) Use them to keep warm.
(d) Use them for furniture.

10. Who heads the national Spanish government?
(a) Francisco Largo Caballero.
(b) Jose Rocca Payno.
(c) Seve Cristanio Jambini.
(d) Carlos Torres Alonso.

11. What two languages can Kopp speak?
(a) Spanish and English.
(b) Spanish and German.
(c) Italian and French.
(d) English and French.

12. What is the name of the army unit that arrives on the Aragon in June, 1937?
(a) The POUM Army.
(b) The Popular Army.
(c) The Militia Army.
(d) The Red Army.

13. What do the soldiers think caused the downfall of Mblaga?
(a) Treachery.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Propaganda.
(d) Death.

14. Which of the following is not a Spanish political party?
(a) POUM.
(b) PSUC.
(c) DSCU.
(d) FAI.

15. Where does Orwell's unit march to?
(a) Huesca.
(b) Monflorite.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Zaragoza.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the hot weather prove problematic?

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

3. What weapon are Orwell and his troops supplied with?

4. What is the terrain of no man's land?

5. How do Orwell and his troops respond when the nationalists fire at them?

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