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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will be the one certain thing about Winston's death?
(a) That it will be painful.
(b) That the time can't be expected.
(c) It will be certain.
(d) That it will erase him.

2. What has it taken Winston forty years to learn the nature of?
(a) Big Brother's smile.
(b) The war.
(c) The meaning of love.
(d) His personal rebellion.

3. To what organization does Mr. Charrington really belong?
(a) The Thought Police.
(b) The Ministry of Truth.
(c) The Brotherhood.
(d) The FFCC.

4. What does everybody do when tortured?
(a) Confess.
(b) Scream.
(c) Repent their sins.
(d) Bleed to death.

5. Who will meet Winston if O'Brien isn't home?
(a) His comrade.
(b) His plumber.
(c) His servant.
(d) His wife.

6. What does Winston realize about secrets?
(a) That they can never be kept.
(b) That they burned holes in your consciousness.
(c) That they are the last refuge of mankind.
(d) That you must keep them from yourself.

7. Where were rats a common punishment?
(a) Franco's Spain.
(b) Nazi Germany.
(c) Imperial China.
(d) The USSR.

8. Who does Julia think is really launching the rocketbombs?
(a) Eurasia.
(b) The proles.
(c) The Brotherhood.
(d) The Party.

9. Does Winston believe in God?
(a) He doesn't care.
(b) He is agnostic.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

10. Why are people brought to the Ministry of Love?
(a) To be loved.
(b) To be given a fair trial.
(c) To be executed.
(d) To be made sane.

11. What differentiates the way O'Brien speaks from other Inner Party members?
(a) A peculiar grave courtesy.
(b) A warm welcoming manner.
(c) A strange sort of tick.
(d) An odd humourous tone.

12. What does Winston remember above all about his childhood?
(a) His mother never loved him.
(b) Atomic bombs were falling.
(c) Big Brother was everywhere.
(d) There was never enough to eat.

13. What will happen thirty seconds after Winston leaves O'Brien's house?
(a) A revolution will start.
(b) The Thought Police will arrive.
(c) It will rain.
(d) O'Brien will continue working.

14. In Part 3, Chapter 4, what is the third phrase Winston writes?
(a) I love Big Brother.
(b) Freedom is Slavery.
(c) God is Power.
(d) Two and two make four.

15. By Part 3, Chapter 6, to what has Winston been appointed?
(a) A sub-committee of a sub-committee.
(b) A clerical position in the Ministry of Love.
(c) A cabinet position in the government.
(d) The board of directors for Inner Party affairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason for O'Brien's encounter with Winston?

2. Where does Winston think he is in Part 3, Chapter 5?

3. What words bring the beginning of the end for Julia and Winston?

4. According to Part 2, Chapter 7, what remains impregnable?

5. What was the only way for Winston to save himself in Part 3, Chapter 5?

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