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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many kilometers can someone travel in Oceania before their passport is checked?
(a) Ninety.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Two hundred.
(d) Ten.

2. What do the bells of St. Clement's say?
(a) Oranges and lemons.
(b) Ding-a-ding-dong.
(c) Pay me three farthings.
(d) Bluebirds in fountains.

3. What type of flower does Winston collect before meeting the dark-haired girl?
(a) Bluebells.
(b) Daffodils.
(c) Dandelions.
(d) Roses.

4. What does the girl with the dark hair do in Winston's dream?
(a) Kill Big Brother.
(b) Sing a song.
(c) Bring Winston some flowers.
(d) Tear off her clothes.

5. The telescreen announces a reduction in what type of rations?
(a) Bread.
(b) Water.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Chocolate.

6. In Part 2, Chapter 3, what will be Julia and Winston's next meeting place?
(a) A crowded marketplace.
(b) A hotel room.
(c) A quiet restaurant.
(d) Winston's apartment.

7. Katharine has two names for sex. One is "making a baby." What is the other?
(a) Our duty to the party.
(b) Our shared responsibility.
(c) The unspeakable.
(d) You-know-what.

8. Consorting with prostitutes was "dangerous, ___________________." (Part 1, Chapter 6)
(a) And should never be attempted.
(b) But it was not a life-and-death matter.
(c) But necessary to keep one's sanity.
(d) And would always be that way.

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

10. In Part 2, Chapter 1, where do Winston and the dark-haired girl agree to meet?
(a) At the community center, after dark.
(b) Victory square, near the monument.
(c) In Airstrip One, in a house.
(d) In the train station, during rush hour.

11. What does Julia think is behind the picture in Part 2, Chapter 4?
(a) A microphone.
(b) Bugs.
(c) A safe.
(d) Nothing.

12. How many clothing coupons does Winston get annually?
(a) Three thousand.
(b) Four thousand.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Five thousand.

13. What is written on the flag that keeps flapping?
(a) BIG BROTHER.
(b) ANGLO.
(c) OCEANIA.
(d) INGSOC.

14. What does Winston think will happen to Syme?
(a) He will die from drinking too much gin.
(b) He will become Big Brother.
(c) He will flee Oceania.
(d) He will be vaporized.

15. In Part 1, Chapter 5, what is one of the latest, favorite phrases of the Ministry of Plenty?
(a) Our new, happy life.
(b) What's ours is yours.
(c) Our modern world in all its glory.
(d) Our only way forward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Parsons' children to do the old market-woman?

2. What device is used to write songs?

3. What does Winston buy in the junk shop?

4. What ailment does Winston suffer from?

5. What is the name of Winston's wife?

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