Orwell's writing
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Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will look at the writing of George Orwell and how his life affected his writing.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What was George Orwell's original name?
Arthur Blair
Eric Arthur
George Arthur Blair
Q2.
What is 'totalitarianism?'
Totalitarianism is a central system of government with more than one person in charge.
Totalitarianism is a central system of government with no-one in charge.
Totalitarianism is a shared system of government where society are told what to do.
Q3.
What did Orwell hope to achieve with his writing? (There are 2 correct answers).
Orwell wanted to entertain people and cheer them up.
Orwell wanted to get rid of all leaders in the world.
Q4.
Complete the sentence: Orwell was fascinated by word leaders and how they got richer whilst poor people got...
angrier
less powerful
richer
Q5.
Who did Orwell study?
Orwell studied animals.
Orwell studied Indian people.
Orwell studied ordinary people.