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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 bone is Winston especially afraid will break in Part 3, Chapter 2?
(a) His femur.
(b) His spine.
(c) His collarbone.
(d) His skull.

2. What is the title of Emmanuel Goldstein's book?
(a) The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism.
(b) The Theory and Practice of Anarchist Libertarianism.
(c) The Theory and Practice of Elitist Governance.
(d) The Theory and Practice of Socialist Liberalism.

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

4. What is the only efficient thing in Oceania?
(a) The Transportation Authority.
(b) The Thought Police.
(c) The Tax Collection Agency.
(d) The Ministry of Plenty.

5. In Part 3, Chapter 6, what does Winston have plenty of these days?
(a) Money.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Free time to write.
(d) Freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Goldstein's book?

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

3. What is the last line of the rhyme in Part 2, Chapter 8?

4. What makes Winston cry in Part 3, Chapter 6?

5. What is the most feared place in the Ministry of Love?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two ultimate goals of the Party? What are they waiting for, and why?

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

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

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

5. How does Winston feel towards O'Brien in Part 3, Chapter 2? Why do you think this is?

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

7. How does Winston betray Julia? What is the significance of this?

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

9. What do you think will happen to Winston and Julia after Part 2, Chapter 10? Do they have any hope?

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

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