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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 were the police holding when they arrested Winston and Julia?
(a) Handcuffs.
(b) Truncheons.
(c) Guns.
(d) Knives.

2. Who is Oceania at war with in Part 2, Chapter 8?
(a) Eastasia.
(b) The African Alliance.
(c) Pax Americana.
(d) Eurasia.

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

4. In Part 2, Chapter 5, who has been vaporized?
(a) Ampleforth.
(b) Syme.
(c) O'Brien.
(d) Parsons.

5. What was the only way for Winston to save himself in Part 3, Chapter 5?
(a) To slit his wrists with the smuggled razor blade.
(b) To put somebody between himself and the rats.
(c) To become an Inner Party member like O'Brien.
(d) To hand over information about the Brotherhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does everybody do when tortured?

2. Julia is only a rebel __________.

3. What should be the starting point to Winston's thoughts, as stated in Part 3, Chapter 3?

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

5. What differentiates the way O'Brien speaks from other Inner Party members?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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