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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. How did one member of the press see Orwell's presence in Wigan?
(a) Orwell did not understand the suffering of the poor.
(b) Orwell was there to snoop into poor people's lives.
(c) Orwell was a fascist.
(d) Orwell was there to vilify humanity.

2. Which towns did Orwell note for their approach to tearing down slum housing and rebuilding?
(a) Liverpool and London.
(b) Liverpool and Sheffield.
(c) Liverpool and Manchester.
(d) Liverpool and Yorkshire.

3. What was the major difference between a mile above ground and a mile in the pit bottom?
(a) You were not able to hear anything in the pit bottom.
(b) You could not stand upright in the pit bottom.
(c) You could not return the same way.
(d) You could not measure distance in the pit bottom.

4. How was the Socialist world seen when Orwell wrote this book?
(a) Mechanized, organized and independent.
(b) Worker-run, proletariat based and non-classist.
(c) Mechanized, efficient and organized.
(d) Wealthy, organic and organized.

5. Who did Orwell go to hear speak while he was in Sheffield?
(a) A movie.
(b) A lecture by a clergyman.
(c) A play.
(d) A town hall meeting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other types of expenses were taken from the miner's pay?

2. Where did Orwell go before he turned twenty?

3. Who was Old Jack?

4. To what did Orwell compare the sound of the conveyor belt in the mine?

5. What did Mr. Brooker do while grumbling that it was "women's work?"

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