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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 does Winston remember above all about his childhood?
(a) Big Brother was everywhere.
(b) Atomic bombs were falling.
(c) There was never enough to eat.
(d) His mother never loved him.

2. To what organization does Mr. Charrington really belong?
(a) The FFCC.
(b) The Brotherhood.
(c) The Thought Police.
(d) The Ministry of Truth.

3. According to Part 3, Chapter 6, who is Oceania at war with, and has always been at war with?
(a) The FFCC.
(b) Eurasia.
(c) Airstrip One.
(d) Eastasia.

4. How long has O'Brien been watching Winston?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Four months.
(c) His entire life.
(d) Ten years.

5. What makes Winston cry in Part 3, Chapter 6?
(a) A song.
(b) His love for Big Brother.
(c) His miserable life.
(d) The gin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Winston believe in God?

2. What is in Room 101?

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

4. What does Mr. Charrington order the officers to do in Part 2, Chapter 10?

5. How does one man assert his power over another, as stated in Part 3, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why might George Orwell have made the book's conclusion so tragic? What is he trying to express?

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 does Winston admire about his mother?

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

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

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