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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 is the cause of the great majority of accidents in the mine?
2. What physical attributes did the fillers share?
3. Who did the tenants of the slum houses believe to be the worst landlords?
4. In what position must the fillers work?
5. What is the first thing a miner does when he comes up from the mine?
Short Essay Questions
1. What were the caravan dwellings Orwell speaks about in his book? How many were there in Wigan? What were the living conditions in these caravan dwelling?
2. What were some of the reasons Orwell gave for a miner's pay being much lower than his publicized wage?
3. What were some of the common conditions in the houses Orwell studied for his book?
4. What difference did Orwell see in the lives of the working class and the bourgeois that had to do with the humiliation suffered by many miners?
5. How did Orwell describe his room at the Brookers?
6. What did the miners look like when they emerged from the coal mines? What were some of the first things they did upon coming above ground?
7. What was one major convenience added to the more modern mines in England? What myth often told about miners did this modern convenience dispel?
8. Describe the typical coal mine Orwell explored while studying the work conditions in the mines.
9. Describe the elevator that took Orwell and the miners down to the tunnels.
10. Why did Orwell leave the Brookers? Where did he go? How did he respond to his train trip leaving town?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the mines, there were men responsible for extracting the coal from the walls of the mines. Who were these men? Describe their jobs and working conditions. Why were they important to the coal mining process? How did Orwell learn about these men and their role in the extraction of coal?
Essay Topic 2
In Orwell's opinion, Socialism was more than an economic doctrine. Discuss Orwell's definitions of Socialism and why he believed it to be the most logical form of government for England at the end of the 1930's.
Essay Topic 3
Orwell described the working class man and said "he does not act. He is acted upon." Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not? Use examples from the reading.
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