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Author - George Orwell 0001   Mixed

 
 
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1. Orwell completed his education at which public school?
 
Charterhouse
Eton
Harrow
Rugby
 
 
2. Which 1934 novel is based on Orwell's experiences in the Indian Imperial Police?
 
Burmese Days
Happy Days
Ceylon Days
Indian Days
 
 
3. Orwell suffered a serious bullet wound to the neck during which war?
 
Korean War
Spanish Civil War
World War One
World War Two

He fought for the Republican side against Franco's Nationalists
 
 
4. In Animal Farm, what is the name of the farm before the animals take over?
 
Cold Comfort Farm
Grange Farm
Manor Farm
Sunnybrook Farm
 
 
5. In Nineteen-Eighty Four, where is the hero, Winston Smith, employed?
 
Ministry of Peace
Ministry of Propaganda
Ministry of Truth
Ministry of War
 
 
6. In Orwell's semi-autobiographical account of his living in poverty in both cities, he was 'Down and Out' where?
 
Leeds and Liverpool
London and Glasgow
Madras and Calcutta
Paris and London
 
 
7. What is the first name of the title character in the novel A Clergyman's Daughter?
 
Deborah
Diana
Doris
Dorothy
 
 
8. What was Orwell's real surname?
 
Blair
Booth
Brown
Bush

He was born Eric Arthur Blair. It is possible that he took the name Orwell from the Suffolk river of that name
 
 
9. In his essay Politics and the English Language, Orwell provides how many rules for writers of English?
 
4
5
6
7

Rule 2: Never use a long word where a short one will do
 
 
10. Gordon Comstock is the central character in which 1936 comic novel?
 
Keep Right On to the End
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Keep the Flags Flying
Keep the Home Fires Burning
 
 
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