George Orwell

Where was George Orwell born?

• Ireland

• England

• India

• France

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What novels was he best known for?

• Animal Farm

• Nineteen Eighty-Four

• Down And Out In Paris And France

• Homage To Catalonia

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True or False. Orwell was an essayist, a journalist, and a literary critic all in the same year

• True

• False

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When was Animal Farm published?

• 1917
• 1922
• 1945
• 1984

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What political movements did Orwell write about?

• democracy, imperialism

• imperialism, communism

• communism, revolutionary

• totalitarian, democracy

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What were Orwell´s common themes?

• love

• friendship

• politics and injustice

• suffering

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Animal Farm is a...

• Satire
• Fable
• Allegory
• ALL OF THE ABOVE

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What is George Orwell's real name? 

• Eric Blair
• Bert Jimenez 
• Waldo Le Buff
• Adriano Tripetti 

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Which famous news company did Orwell work with and what was his job?

• NYT: Editor
• CNN: Wrote articles 
• BBC:  Wrote articles and hosted news commentaries
• TheGuardian: Reporter

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What did Orwell die from and how old was he?

• cancer, 41 years

• pneumonia, 45 years

• chicken pox, 35 years

• tuberculosis, 46 years

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