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

2. Of what are the walls of Winston's cell made?
(a) White marble.
(b) White porcelain.
(c) White linoleum.
(d) White plastic.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the police holding when they arrested Winston and Julia?

2. What do the common criminals call the political prisoners?

3. What does O'Brien show to Winston in Part 3, Chapter 2?

4. Where was Winston when he discovered the war had switched again in Part 2, Chapter 8?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unusual about O'Brien? Do you think he can be trusted? Why or why not?

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

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. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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