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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the song on the telescreen?
(a) Oceania, The Free.
(b) Oceania Rules.
(c) Oceania, 'Tis For Thee.
(d) Oceania, Leave Me Be.

2. What is Winston's apartment called?
(a) Oceania View.
(b) Grenadier Apartments.
(c) Victory Mansions.
(d) London House.

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

4. What is the name of Winston's wife?
(a) Winnie.
(b) Nancy.
(c) Katharine.
(d) Sue.

5. What does Julia say is "the only way to stay safe"?
(a) Do as the Oceanians do.
(b) Be an informant.
(c) Always yell with the crowd.
(d) Listen to Big Brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times has Julia had sex?

2. What does Winston buy in the junk shop?

3. The Enemy of the People is...

4. What is the name of Winston's "friend" who works at the Research Department?

5. Why did Parsons' daughter report a man to the police?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance is behind Winston's dream about his mother? How might she have died?

2. How have Winston's feelings towards Julia changed by Part 2, Chapter 4?

3. Look up the word "comrade" up in a dictionary. Why do you think everyone in Oceania is supposed to call each other comrade?

4. When Winston was young, he and his family had to take shelter in a subway station because London was being attacked. An old man was crying, "We didn't ought to have trusted them." Who should not have trusted?

5. Why are the proles the only force capable of overthrowing the Party?

6. How would you have reacted to the note? What would you have done differently, and why?

7. The sandy-haired woman in the cubicle next to Winston spends all day deleting any record of people who have been "vaporized," even though her own husband had been killed this way. How do you think she felt when she deleted her own husband's name? Why does she continue to do this job?

8. How does Winston really feel about Big Brother and the Party?

9. Describe Winston's marriage. Why did he separate from his wife?

10. When Winston kisses Julia, he feels "incredulity and pride ... but he had no physical desire." Why do you think he feels this way? What does it reveal about why he needs Julia?

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