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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. Who were three of the original survivors of the revolution of whom Winston saw a picture?
(a) Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford.
(b) Ford, Dent, and McMillan.
(c) McDonald, Martin, and King.
(d) Smith, Appleby, and Douglas.

2. What happened to the Inner Party member with whom Julia had her first affair?
(a) He killed himself.
(b) He was caught and vaporized.
(c) He vanished mysteriously.
(d) His helicopter crashed.

3. What does Winston buy in the junk shop?
(a) A desk lamp.
(b) A fountain pen.
(c) A paperweight.
(d) An ink blotter.

4. What is written on the flag that keeps flapping?
(a) ANGLO.
(b) BIG BROTHER.
(c) OCEANIA.
(d) INGSOC.

5. What does Mrs. Parsons want Winston to do in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Fix her sink.
(b) Take her children to town.
(c) Look after her children.
(d) Give a message to her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom is Oceania at war?

2. What does Winston decide to do with the prostitute?

3. For whom is Winston writing his diary?

4. When the Thought Police secretly arrest and execute someone, most people would say that person has been _______.

5. What is the resistance to the Party called?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. In your own words, how does Winston describe Mr. Parsons?

4. What is the difference between Winston and Julia's feelings about their future?

5. Why do you think Winston was unable to prevent himself from having sex with the prostitute?

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

7. Why will no Party woman wear perfume?

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

9. Look up the word "proletariat" in the dictionary. What does it mean? Why does the Party ignore the proles? Is this strange?

10. "All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary." What is a palimpsest, and why do you think the author used this word?

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