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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 realize about secrets?
(a) That they are the last refuge of mankind.
(b) That they can never be kept.
(c) That they burned holes in your consciousness.
(d) That you must keep them from yourself.

2. What special privilege do Inner Party members have?
(a) They can choose from Party women.
(b) They can kill at will.
(c) They can take nice, long vacations.
(d) They can turn their telescreens off.

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

4. Where were rats a common punishment?
(a) The USSR.
(b) Imperial China.
(c) Nazi Germany.
(d) Franco's Spain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason for O'Brien's encounter with Winston?

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

3. Who wrote Goldstein's book?

4. What does Winston's bed feel like in Part 3, Chapter 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the Brotherhood organized, and why?

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

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

6. 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?

7. According to Goldstein's book, why is a state of perpetual war necessary? For what purpose?

8. When questioned by O'Brien, Winston and Julia state that they are willing to commit many crimes, including the killing of innocent people. Do you think this is justifiable, given the terrible nature of the Party?

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

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

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