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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 minimum age for joining the Spies?
(a) Nine.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Seven.

2. What does the note left by the individual whom Winston sees in the hall say?
(a) I hate Big Brother.
(b) They are watching you.
(c) I love you.
(d) Milk, eggs, bread, cheese.

3. Katharine has two names for sex. One is "making a baby." What is the other?
(a) Our shared responsibility.
(b) Our duty to the party.
(c) The unspeakable.
(d) You-know-what.

4. Where does Winston work?
(a) The Ministry of Justice.
(b) The Ministry of Truth.
(c) The Ministry of Fear.
(d) The Ministry of Love.

5. What keeps falling on London?
(a) Rocketbombs.
(b) Airplanes.
(c) Acid rain.
(d) Dogs and cats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Winston's most important task of the day in Part 1, Chapter 4?

2. Having an improper expression is called a ________.

3. What is the most frightening ministry of Oceania's government?

4. What smell is common to Winston's apartment building?

5. Where does Winston miss a meeting in Part 1, Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was comrade Ogilvy, and what was he like? How did he supposedly die?

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

3. Winston fears that the dark-haired girl is not a member of the Thought Police; instead, she is an amateur spy. Why do you think the latter is more dangerous?

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

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

6. How does the dark-haired girl's note affect Winston? Has it changed his outlook?

7. 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?

8. In Winston's dream, the man O'Brien says "We will meet in the place where there is no darkness." What do you think he meant by this?

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

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

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