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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. Where do the Fascists mount a counter attack from?
(a) Under the ground.
(b) The top.
(c) The flanks.
(d) The air.

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

3. What are the Popular Army officers armed with?
(a) Daggers.
(b) Pistols.
(c) Rifles.
(d) Truncheons.

4. What kind of bird do the peasants like to hunt?
(a) Crows.
(b) Quails.
(c) Geese.
(d) Ducks.

5. Which Spanish political party was under Communist control?
(a) POUM.
(b) UGT.
(c) PSUC.
(d) FAI.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orwell smoke at the end of Chapter 7?

2. What do the soldiers think caused the downfall of Mblaga?

3. What city do the anarchists attack in June?

4. What is the name of the area between the trenches?

5. What is the name of the other Englishman that is transferred to Monte Oscuro with Orwell?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is POUM?

2. How do the militia and the Fascists fight each other in the trenches near Zaragoza?

3. What is the Republican's plan to ambush the Fascists?

4. How does the hot weather make life in the trenches intolerable again?

5. Why is the front such a miserable place to live?

6. How are the militia soldiers organized?

7. What is the Popular Army?

8. Why does Orwell enlist in the militia?

9. What is Orwell's role as a Cabo?

10. What is Orwell's experience of military hospitals in Chapter 6?

(see the answer keys)

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