George Orwell

George Orwell

12th Grade

15 Qs

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George Orwell

George Orwell

Assessment

Quiz

English

12th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RI.11-12.9, RL.5.3, RI.11-12.10

+16

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What were Orwell´s common themes?

love

friendship

suffering

politics and injustice

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

NYT: Editor

CNN: Wrote articles

BBC: Wrote articles

The Guardian: Reporter

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

George Orwell was the pen name of?

Jonathan Franzen

Stephen King

Richard Bachman

Eric Blair

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

As a young man, Eric Blair worked in which country?

India

Burma

Indonesia

Nepal

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

The novel Animal Farm was based on which real life events?

The American Civil War

The Spanish Civil War

The Russian Revolution

The Falklands

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

What are some of the themes in 1984? Choose all correct answers.

Totalitarianism and Colonialism

Humanism

Individual and collective identity

Racism

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

When Orwell lived in Paris and London, what was his life like?

He lived in severe poverty

He lived in an elite social circle with authors and politicians

He had a lot of financial success writing essays

He enjoyed French cuisine

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

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