George Orwell - Why I Write

As a child, Orwell

• wrote all the time

• didn't write much at all

• chose not to write

• was illiterate

Until the age of about 25, Orwell would mentally narrate

• His own life

• What he thought about other people

• What he would do when he had succeeded as an author

• Different versions of stories he had read

At 16, Orwell discovered the pleasure of

• Lying

• Finally finishing a novel

• Words

• Friendship

How many motives to write does Orwell believe there are?

• Two

• Three

• Four

• There are no motives, only discipline

Which of the following is NOT a reason Orwell believes people write?

• Ego

• To record history

• To share political beliefs

• To entertain society

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After 1935/36 Orwell mainly wrote to:

• Record his dreams

• Accrue wealth

• Share his political beliefs

• Entertain society

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Why was Homage to Catalonia critiqued?

• Too political

• Too abstract

• Too long

• The language was too complex

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Orwell says every book is a

• Triumph

• Journey

• Failure

• Heartbreak

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Orwell consider all writers

• Brave, romantic and foolish

• Vain, selfish and lazy

• Brash, stubborn and irrational

• Persistent, perceptive and perverted

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Orwell believes that to write a novel, one must have

• The patience of a saint

• A burning desire to be heard

• A mental disorder

• A demon inside them

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