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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 special privilege do Inner Party members have?
(a) They can kill at will.
(b) They can turn their telescreens off.
(c) They can take nice, long vacations.
(d) They can choose from Party women.

2. What is the name of O'Brien's servant, and where does Winston think he is from?
(a) Stephen, from North America.
(b) Sven, from Sweden.
(c) Antonio, from Europe.
(d) Martin, from Asia.

3. What does everybody do when tortured?
(a) Bleed to death.
(b) Repent their sins.
(c) Confess.
(d) Scream.

4. What differentiates the way O'Brien speaks from other Inner Party members?
(a) An odd humourous tone.
(b) A warm welcoming manner.
(c) A peculiar grave courtesy.
(d) A strange sort of tick.

5. What are the three stages to Winston's reintegration?
(a) Learning, understanding, acceptance.
(b) Torture, brainwashing, death.
(c) Pain, receiving, enlightenment.
(d) Introduction, intermission, conclusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the object of power, according to O'Brien?

2. What words bring the beginning of the end for Julia and Winston?

3. Who is Oceania at war with in Part 2, Chapter 8?

4. Why are people brought to the Ministry of Love?

5. How do the proles normally feel about the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Winston's betrayal reveal about his character? What do you think of him now?

2. Winston tells Julia that she is "only a rebel from the waist downwards." What does he mean by this, and is it true?

3. Describe the forced-labor camps, according to the common criminals.

4. When questioned by O'Brien, Winston and Julia state that they are willing to commit many crimes, including the killing of innocent people. Do you think this is justifiable, given the terrible nature of the Party?

5. How does Winston feel about physical pain? How does this relate to what you know about Winston's character?

6. What "progress" has Winston made by Part 3, Chapter 4? What does Winston have to do before his re-education is complete?

7. At the end of Part 2, Chapter 5, what does Winston realize about the Party and their orthodoxy? How does this relate to the everyday citizens of Oceania?

8. What is the most important theme of Nineteen Eighty-Four, and why?

9. How can Winston still achieve victory over the Party in Part 3, Chapter 4?

10. What is the significance of O'Brien's reference to Syme?

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