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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. The telescreen announces a reduction in what type of rations?
(a) Water.
(b) Bread.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Cigarettes.

2. What does the girl with the dark hair do in Winston's dream?
(a) Tear off her clothes.
(b) Sing a song.
(c) Bring Winston some flowers.
(d) Kill Big Brother.

3. How many kilometers can someone travel in Oceania before their passport is checked?
(a) Two hundred.
(b) Ten.
(c) Ninety.
(d) One hundred.

4. Who is the vaporized man Winston must delete from The Times?
(a) Smithers.
(b) Blithers.
(c) Dithers.
(d) Withers.

5. What important thing does Winston do when he comes home in Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) He attempts suicide.
(b) He makes a plan to assassinate Big Brother.
(c) He starts a diary.
(d) He gets drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last thing the dark-haired girl does before departing from Winston in Part 2, Chapter 1?

2. What fell on Colchester?

3. What is the name of the song on the telescreen?

4. Of what do Winston and Julia not discuss the possibility?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Julia's attitude towards the Party. What does this reveal about her character?

2. Doublethink is believing that something is true when you know it is false. Do you really think that doublethink is possible? Can you find any examples of doublethink in the real world?

3. Syme explains that the most important part of Newspeak is not the creation of new words, but the deletion of old words. Why might this be more important? What is the true purpose of Newspeak?

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

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

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