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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 concealed danger does Winston have to be careful of in the countryside?
(a) Microphones.
(b) Snipers.
(c) Thought Police.
(d) Rocketbombs.

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

3. For whom is Winston writing his diary?
(a) Katharine.
(b) O'Brien.
(c) Big Brother.
(d) Ampleforth.

4. Why does Julia ask Winston to turn around in Part 2, Chapter 4?
(a) So she can dress.
(b) So she can undress.
(c) So she can put on makeup.
(d) So she an get a gift out of her bag.

5. In Part 2, Chapter 3, what is Winston sorry he didn't do to his wife?
(a) Love her.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Divorce her.
(d) Pay her off.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl with the dark hair do in Winston's dream?

2. What edition of the Newspeak dictionary is currently being written?

3. According to Part 1, Chapter 7, where does hope lie?

4. What is written on the flag that keeps flapping?

5. What is Parsons collecting money for in Part 1, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the Party turn a blind eye to prostitution? What type of sex will it not allow?

3. Why doesn't Winston kill the girl with the dark hair? Who else doesn't he kill for very similar reasons?

4. What is unusual about Winston's telescreen, and why is it important?

5. Try to imagine what it would be like to live in a country like Oceania where you are constantly watched by government agents. How would you feel?

6. What attracts Julia to Winston? Why is this attractive or necessary to her?

7. What do the Parsons children want to go see in Part 1, Chapter 2? What do you think of them?

8. Why does Winston keep thinking about O'Brien? What does O'Brien represents to Winston?

9. 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?

10. Why does Winston think Syme will be vaporized? What does Syme lack?

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