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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the cage door do in Part 3, Chapter 5?
(a) Jam.
(b) Click shut.
(c) Fail to open due to rust.
(d) Close on one of the rats, saving Winston.

2. What does Winston's bed feel like in Part 3, Chapter 2?
(a) A slab of granite.
(b) A camp bed.
(c) A bed of nails.
(d) Heaven.

3. What did Winston steal from his baby sister?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Candy.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Money.

4. What does Winston realize about secrets?
(a) That you must keep them from yourself.
(b) That they are the last refuge of mankind.
(c) That they can never be kept.
(d) That they burned holes in your consciousness.

5. Why was Parsons arrested?
(a) He wanted to change the name of Hate Week.
(b) He killed his wife and children.
(c) He was slacking off at work.
(d) He is guilty of Thoughtcrime.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Julia think is really launching the rocketbombs?

2. Who will meet Winston if O'Brien isn't home?

3. What is the reason for O'Brien's encounter with Winston?

4. What is the theme song of Hate Week?

5. What is the last line of the rhyme in Part 2, Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Winston think the Party and the Ministry of Love can never do? Why?

2. What is unusual about O'Brien? Do you think he can be trusted? Why or why not?

3. How does Winston feel towards O'Brien in Part 3, Chapter 2? Why do you think this is?

4. At the end of Part 2, Chapter 5, what does Winston realize about the Party and their orthodoxy? How does this relate to the everyday citizens of Oceania?

5. How does Winston betray Julia? What is the significance of this?

6. Describe the forced-labor camps, according to the common criminals.

7. What "progress" has Winston made by Part 3, Chapter 4? What does Winston have to do before his re-education is complete?

8. When questioned by O'Brien, Winston and Julia state that they are willing to commit many crimes, including the killing of innocent people. Do you think this is justifiable, given the terrible nature of the Party?

9. Winston tells Julia that she is "only a rebel from the waist downwards." What does he mean by this, and is it true?

10. Why might George Orwell have made the book's conclusion so tragic? What is he trying to express?

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