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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 rank is Benjamin promoted to in Chapter 12?

2. Which group in Barcelona does Orwell say can get almost anything?

3. Which of the following is not Anarchist?

4. Who runs the Sanatorium Maurin?

5. What does Orwell say has ended in defeat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bad news do the POUM units hear in Chapter 12?

2. Why does Orwell decide the Spanish Civil War is still important?

3. Why does Orwell stop trying to help Kopp?

4. What proof does Orwell provide to show POUM was not a Fascist organization?

5. How has Barcelona changed when Orwell returns?

6. Why is Kopp getting no help from the Belgian government?

7. What does the Republican government stand for?

8. Why did the government say POUM was a Fascist subversive element?

9. What does Franco stand for?

10. What are the rumors surrounding the attack on the telephone exchange?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Orwell end the book like he does? Could he have ended the book in another way? What meaning would that new ending have given the book?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of Orwell's previous books and contrast it with HOMAGE TO CATALONIA in terms of the following;

1. Style.

2. Structure.

3. Themes.

Essay Topic 3

Examine Anarchism and Communism. How did Anarchism and Communism evolve into important movements in Spain? What are the differences between the two schools of thought?

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