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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. According to Part 2, Chapter 7, what remains impregnable?
(a) The Ministry of Love.
(b) Julia's will.
(c) The inner heart.
(d) The truth.

2. Where was Winston when he discovered the war had switched again in Part 2, Chapter 8?
(a) At a rally.
(b) At home, writing in his diary.
(c) At the Community Center.
(d) With Julia.

3. Where has Winston failed to make progress by Part 3, Chapter 4?
(a) Mentally.
(b) Physically.
(c) Intellectually.
(d) Emotionally.

4. How does Winston feel towards Big Brother?
(a) He feels that he has become him.
(b) He is mystified by him.
(c) He hates him.
(d) He loves him.

5. In Part 3, Chapter 4, what is the third phrase Winston writes?
(a) Freedom is Slavery.
(b) Two and two make four.
(c) I love Big Brother.
(d) God is Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has it taken Winston forty years to learn the nature of?

2. What will happen thirty seconds after Winston leaves O'Brien's house?

3. What is the only efficient thing in Oceania?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 5, who has been vaporized?

5. Why was Ampleforth arrested?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. How is the Brotherhood organized, and why?

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

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

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

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