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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of pencil does O'Brien use?
(a) Charcoal.
(b) Gold ink.
(c) Gold plated.
(d) Sketching.

2. What does the Party claim to have invented?
(a) The wheel.
(b) Spaceships.
(c) Airplanes.
(d) Fire.

3. Who does Winston say to give the rat torture to instead of him?
(a) Goldstein.
(b) O'Brien.
(c) Anyone else.
(d) Julia.

4. What is the last line of the rhyme in Part 2, Chapter 8?
(a) When I grow old, say the bells of Seahold.
(b) When I grow tired, say the bells of Beachpyre.
(c) When I grow rich, say the bells of Shoreditch.
(d) When I grow flowers, say the bells of Haight Towers.

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

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

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

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

9. How do the proles normally feel about the war?
(a) Apathetic.
(b) Enthusiastic.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Curious.

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

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

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

13. 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 hand over information about the Brotherhood.
(c) To slit his wrists with the smuggled razor blade.
(d) To put somebody between himself and the rats.

14. Who wrote Goldstein's book?
(a) Goldstein.
(b) Big Brother, and O'Brien edited it.
(c) O'Brien, with collaborators.
(d) O'Brien, by himself.

15. In Part 2, Chapter 5, who has been vaporized?
(a) O'Brien.
(b) Syme.
(c) Ampleforth.
(d) Parsons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was smashed during the arrest of Winston and Julia?

2. How many fingers is O'Brien holding up in Part 3, Chapter 2?

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

4. By Part 3, Chapter 6, to what has Winston been appointed?

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

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