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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. Where was the telescreen that caught Winston and Julia hidden?
(a) In the ceiling.
(b) In the cabinet.
(c) Behind the picture.
(d) Under the bed.

2. What is the only thing that the Party cannot do to Winston and Julia?
(a) Make them stay in Oceania.
(b) Kill them.
(c) Make them love Big Brother.
(d) Make them stop loving each other.

3. What is the theme song of Hate Week?
(a) Big Brother's Hatest Hits.
(b) I Hate.
(c) Hatred, We Love You.
(d) The Hate Song.

4. What is in Room 101?
(a) Pain beyond imagination.
(b) Certain death.
(c) The worst thing in the world.
(d) Freedom.

5. What is the object of power, according to O'Brien?
(a) Money.
(b) Stability in society.
(c) Warfare.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what are the walls of Winston's cell made?

2. Julia is only a rebel __________.

3. Does Winston believe in God?

4. Where does Winston think he is in Part 3, Chapter 5?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Winston admire about his mother?

9. How is the Brotherhood organized, and why?

10. According to O'Brien, where does reality exist?

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