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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Parsons want Winston to do in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Look after her children.
(b) Fix her sink.
(c) Take her children to town.
(d) Give a message to her husband.

2. What is used only by the proles?
(a) Hand tools.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Soap.

3. What is Winston's most important task of the day in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) To correct a speech by Big Brother.
(b) To get lunch for his boss.
(c) To rewrite a story about Goldstein.
(d) To fix the grammar in a story about the Eurasian front.

4. What word is on Winston's lips when he awakens from his dream in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) Dynamite.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Orwell.
(d) Shakespeare.

5. What does the Junior Anti-Sex League do?
(a) Perform arbitrary castrations.
(b) Hunt down adulterers and prostitutes.
(c) Write pamplets on sex education.
(d) Advocate complete celibacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important thing does Winston do when he comes home in Part 1, Chapter 1?

2. With whom is Oceania at war?

3. What smell is common to Winston's apartment building?

4. What concealed danger does Winston have to be careful of in the countryside?

5. What is the name of the song on the telescreen?

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