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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Winston have to falsify production reports?
(a) To make Oceania seem more prosperous.
(b) To give Big Brother credit for someone else's work.
(c) To revitalize the war effort.
(d) To discredit a Party member.

6. What is there a shortage of in Oceania?
(a) Razor blades.
(b) Combs.
(c) Toothpaste.
(d) Hair gel.

7. Who does Winston see in the hallway in Part 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Goldstein.
(b) The dark-haired girl.
(c) Parsons.
(d) O'Brien.

8. What is the Newspeak word for individualism?
(a) Anti-socialism.
(b) Ownlife.
(c) Hermitstyle.
(d) Singularism.

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

10. What do the proles call rocketbombs?
(a) Boomers.
(b) Rockers.
(c) Steamers.
(d) Rollers.

11. For whom is Winston writing his diary?
(a) O'Brien.
(b) Katharine.
(c) Ampleforth.
(d) Big Brother.

12. What does Ingsoc mean?
(a) English Socrates.
(b) English Socialism.
(c) English Society.
(d) English Soccer.

13. In Newspeak, what word will eventually replace "bad"?
(a) Uh-oh.
(b) Non-plussed.
(c) Notgood.
(d) Ungood.

14. What did Airstrip One used to be called?
(a) The USA or America.
(b) France or Canada.
(c) England or Britain.
(d) East or West Germany.

15. What organization supplied comforts to the sailors on the Floating Fortress?
(a) The FDA.
(b) The OCCB.
(c) The FFCC.
(d) The INGSOC.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one of the Parsons children use to hit Winston in the neck?

2. Who/what is Tillotson?

3. What does the Junior Anti-Sex League do?

4. What is the official language of Oceania?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 3, what will be Julia and Winston's next meeting place?

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