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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julia say is "the only way to stay safe"?
(a) Be an informant.
(b) Do as the Oceanians do.
(c) Listen to Big Brother.
(d) Always yell with the crowd.

2. How much does it cost for a nip of gin at the canteen?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) Twenty-five cents.
(c) One dollar.
(d) Ten cents.

3. What does Ampleforth have a talent for juggling?
(a) Poetry and prose.
(b) Brightly colored balls.
(c) Rhymes and meters.
(d) Print and punctuation.

4. In Part 1, Chapter 7, Winston wonders, as he had many times before, if he is a _________.
(a) Radical.
(b) Revolutionary.
(c) Lunatic.
(d) Loser.

5. What does Winston buy in the junk shop?
(a) A desk lamp.
(b) A paperweight.
(c) An ink blotter.
(d) A fountain pen.

6. What does the prostitute not have?
(a) Eyes.
(b) Change for a ten.
(c) Proper ID.
(d) Teeth.

7. What is the name of the song on the telescreen?
(a) Oceania, The Free.
(b) Oceania, 'Tis For Thee.
(c) Oceania, Leave Me Be.
(d) Oceania Rules.

8. What does Winston decide to do with the prostitute?
(a) Pay her to not tell anyone he was there.
(b) Have sex with her.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Kill her.

9. Where does Winston miss a meeting in Part 1, Chapter 8?
(a) The Ministry of Truth.
(b) The Hate Week planning committee.
(c) The Community Center.
(d) With his accountant.

10. What keeps falling on London?
(a) Airplanes.
(b) Acid rain.
(c) Dogs and cats.
(d) Rocketbombs.

11. "The Revolution will be complete when the ______ is perfect."
(a) Evolution.
(b) Telescreen.
(c) Number.
(d) Language.

12. What is the ideal way for children to be conceived in Oceania?
(a) Ficiart.
(b) Naturally.
(c) Artsem.
(d) Impreginaid.

13. Who spoils Winston's plans to sit with the dark-haired girl in Part 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Fisher.
(b) Wilsher.
(c) Shawshank.
(d) Ampleforth.

14. What edition of the Newspeak dictionary is currently being written?
(a) The Thirteenth.
(b) The Tenth.
(c) The Second.
(d) The Eleventh.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julia call the only safe way to talk in public?

2. How many kilometers can someone travel in Oceania before their passport is checked?

3. By writing in his diary, Winston has committed a crime. What is the name of this crime?

4. Where does Winston work?

5. Who does Winston see in the hallway in Part 2, Chapter 1?

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