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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What important word does not exist in Newspeak?
(a) Love.
(b) Science.
(c) Art.
(d) Why.

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

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

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

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

7. What is the most feared place in the Ministry of Love?
(a) Room 101.
(b) Room X.
(c) The Room of Pain.
(d) Room 666.

8. What is the title of Emmanuel Goldstein's book?
(a) The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism.
(b) The Theory and Practice of Elitist Governance.
(c) The Theory and Practice of Anarchist Libertarianism.
(d) The Theory and Practice of Socialist Liberalism.

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

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

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

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

13. According to Part 2, Chapter 7, what remains impregnable?
(a) The inner heart.
(b) Julia's will.
(c) The Ministry of Love.
(d) The truth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the theme song of Hate Week?

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

3. What did Winston steal from his baby sister?

4. What should be the starting point to Winston's thoughts, as stated in Part 3, Chapter 3?

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

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