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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the only way for Winston to save himself in Part 3, Chapter 5?
(a) To become an Inner Party member like O'Brien.
(b) To put somebody between himself and the rats.
(c) To hand over information about the Brotherhood.
(d) To slit his wrists with the smuggled razor blade.

3. How does Winston feel towards Big Brother?
(a) He hates him.
(b) He loves him.
(c) He feels that he has become him.
(d) He is mystified by him.

4. What special privilege do Inner Party members have?
(a) They can take nice, long vacations.
(b) They can turn their telescreens off.
(c) They can choose from Party women.
(d) They can kill at will.

5. What bone is Winston especially afraid will break in Part 3, Chapter 2?
(a) His collarbone.
(b) His femur.
(c) His skull.
(d) His spine.

6. Of what are the walls of Winston's cell made?
(a) White marble.
(b) White linoleum.
(c) White porcelain.
(d) White plastic.

7. What was the refugee woman doing in Winston's dream in Part 2, Chapter 7?
(a) Standing in front of a tank.
(b) Throwing a grenade.
(c) Running away in panic.
(d) Shielding her child from bullets.

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

9. How does one man assert his power over another, as stated in Part 3, Chapter 3?
(a) Repression.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Execution.
(d) Bribery.

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

11. Where does Winston think he is at the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 1?
(a) In transit to the labor camps.
(b) In O'Brien's office.
(c) The Ministry of Love.
(d) Dead, in hell.

12. Who is Oceania at war with in Part 2, Chapter 8?
(a) Pax Americana.
(b) The African Alliance.
(c) Eastasia.
(d) Eurasia.

13. What did Winston steal from his baby sister?
(a) Money.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Candy.

14. What makes Winston cry in Part 3, Chapter 6?
(a) A song.
(b) The gin.
(c) His miserable life.
(d) His love for Big Brother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Charrington order the officers to do in Part 2, Chapter 10?

2. What is the only thing that the Party cannot do to Winston and Julia?

3. To what organization does Mr. Charrington really belong?

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

5. What is the title of Emmanuel Goldstein's book?

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