1. George Orwell's thesis is probably (choose one):
A. Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it
B. If one gets rid of these habits one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers
C. [The English languages] becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts The point is that the process is reversible
D. Our civilization is decadent, and our language—so the argument runs—must inevitably share in the general collapse
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2. Helen Mather's thesis is probably (choose one):
A. If you make demands on children, their time, and their company, what do you get?
B. Their parents and grandparents were coerced into silence, and, thereby became little sneaks and liars, while the young people of today are above-board
C. Pretty frequently nowadays, we hear complaints of the selfishness of girls towards their mothers, and sons towards their fathers
D. [Children] are not one bit more selfish than their parents and grandparents were before them
3. Ernest Hemingway's thesis is probably (choose one):
A man who gets his two weeks’ salary while he is on vacation should be able to put those two weeks in fishing and camping and be able to save one week’s salary clear
B. And he won’t have had a decent night’s sleep while he has been gone
C. But if he goes into the woods with a frying pan, an ignorance of black flies and mosquitoes, and a great and abiding lack of knowledge about cookery, the chances are that his return will be very different
D. Thousands of people will go into the bush this summer to cut the high cost of living
1. Copying from the Internet without citing the source is permitted, because everything on the Internet is considered common knowledge.
A. True
B. False
2. You don't need to use quotation marks when you quote a writer if you write his or her name at the end of the paragraph.
A. True
B. False
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