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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, 11, and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What physical attributes did the fillers share?
(a) They were small, overweight thick thighed men.
(b) They were short, slightly overweight and broad shouldered.
(c) They were tall, broad shouldered and thick around the waist.
(d) They were small, broad shouldered and thin.

2. How did Orwell describe Mrs. Brooker?
(a) A jolly, industrious woman.
(b) An anxious faced, obese invalid.
(c) An overweight, jolly woman.
(d) A beautiful, tall seductress.

3. How was unemployment viewed by people in the late twenties and early thirties in England?
(a) As something that happened to you and from which you could escape.
(b) As something that happened because you did poorly at your job.
(c) As something that you had coming to you for being so lazy.
(d) As something that happened to you and for which you were to blame.

4. Who was Old Jack?
(a) An ex-shopkeeper, around 80, who retired and sold his shop.
(b) An ex-miner, 80 years old, whose left hand had been severed in a mining accident.
(c) An ex-soldier, 75 years old, whose legs were both amputated after a battle.
(d) An ex-miner, 78 years old, who worked for over fifty years in the coal pits.

5. What four words did Orwell discuss in detail as the reason for class distinctions?
(a) The middle class lie.
(b) The upper class steal.
(c) The upper-middle class cheat.
(d) The lower class smell.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what phrase did all of Mrs. Brooker's complaints end?

2. What author accused miners of gluttony?

3. What is left when a slag heap sinks into the ground?

4. What was one problem faced by the tenant moving from slum housing into new housing?

5. Who said "an army marches on its stomach?"

(see the answer key)

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