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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the only two punishments of the Party?
(a) Physical punishment and solitary confinement.
(b) Reprimand and expulsion.
(c) Lecture and punishment.
(d) Hard labor and fines.

2. What does Jim reminisce about from his childhood while watching the countryside go by?
(a) Riding his bike.
(b) Reading a book in a tree.
(c) A picnic.
(d) Swimming in a lake.

3. What mysterious story from his childhood does Jim reminisce about in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) His sister's disappearance in school.
(b) A public hanging of a Party member.
(c) How the Party first came into existence.
(d) The raids on his neighbor's houses.

4. What does Mac tell Dick to do to raise bail for Joy?
(a) Ask for change on the street.
(b) Open their safe with the secret stash of money.
(c) Round up sympathizers.
(d) Break into a local store.

5. What does Mac give to Joy so that he stops bothering Jim's typing?
(a) A letter from his family.
(b) A documentary film on the Party.
(c) A copy of New Masses.
(d) A book on political warfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 2, what does Mac make a speech about that explains why his mother's house was set on fire?

2. What does Mac mention to the men who want to steal their paper in order to intimidate them?

3. What is Mac's dream about the the strike and causing a lot of fuss?

4. For what does Harry express surprise concerning Jim's past?

5. What does Jim decline to which Mac responds that Jim has no vices?

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