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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What smell is common to Winston's apartment building?
(a) Cabbage.
(b) Stewed beef.
(c) Garbage.
(d) Roses.

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

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

5. Who are the first two people Winston dreams about in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) His wife and son.
(b) His mother and sister.
(c) His mother and father.
(d) His brother and sister.

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

7. What is Winston's nickname for his wife?
(a) She who must be obeyed.
(b) The human soundtrack.
(c) The wicked witch of Oceania.
(d) Kathy.

8. What ailment does Winston suffer from?
(a) Varicose veins.
(b) A varicose ulcer.
(c) Swollen lymph nodes.
(d) Diabetes.

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

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

11. What does one of the Parsons children use to hit Winston in the neck?
(a) A rock.
(b) A slingshot.
(c) A catapult.
(d) A pellet gun.

12. What is the name of the device Winston uses to write?
(a) Speakwrite.
(b) Typefix.
(c) Teletype.
(d) Writescripe.

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

14. What important thing does Winston do when he comes home in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) He makes a plan to assassinate Big Brother.
(b) He gets drunk.
(c) He attempts suicide.
(d) He starts a diary.

15. What is the Newspeak name for people who have been vaporized?
(a) Anti-citizens.
(b) Unpersons.
(c) Vapors.
(d) Nonpeople.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1, Chapter 7, Winston wonders, as he had many times before, if he is a _________.

2. What fell on Colchester?

3. What newspaper does Winston re-write?

4. What does Julia think is behind the picture in Part 2, Chapter 4?

5. What is the last thing the dark-haired girl does before departing from Winston in Part 2, Chapter 1?

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