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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 should be the starting point to Winston's thoughts, as stated in Part 3, Chapter 3?
(a) Oceania will never be free.
(b) The rule of the Party is forever.
(c) Winston will die alone.
(d) The revolution is inevitable.

2. What is the reason for O'Brien's encounter with Winston?
(a) So O'Brien can give Winston a book.
(b) There is no reason for the encounter.
(c) So O'Brien can warn Winston about information the Thought Police have on him.
(d) So O'Brien can give Winston his address.

3. Julia is only a rebel __________.
(a) As much as Winston is.
(b) In disguise.
(c) Without a cause.
(d) From the waist down.

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

5. What has it taken Winston forty years to learn the nature of?
(a) The war.
(b) His personal rebellion.
(c) The meaning of love.
(d) Big Brother's smile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bone is Winston especially afraid will break in Part 3, Chapter 2?

2. What will be the one certain thing about Winston's death?

3. What is in Room 101?

4. What makes Winston feel sick in Part 3, Chapter 4?

5. Who does Winston say to give the rat torture to instead of him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Winston admire about his mother?

2. 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?

3. What is unusual about O'Brien? Do you think he can be trusted? Why or why not?

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

5. What do Winston and Julia mean when they say "We are the dead?"

6. What does Winston think the Party and the Ministry of Love can never do? Why?

7. What does Winston think O'Brien will say is the reason the Party seeks power?

8. What does O'Brien say is the real reason the Party seeks power? How are they different from past governments?

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

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

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