View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Winston doing at the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 6?

2. What does Winston decide to do with the prostitute?

3. What does the Junior Anti-Sex League do?

4. What is the prole woman doing outside the window in Part 2, Chapter 4?

5. What is the Newspeak word for individualism?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Winston really feel about Big Brother and the Party?

2. What do the Parsons children want to go see in Part 1, Chapter 2? What do you think of them?

3. Why do you think Winston was unable to prevent himself from having sex with the prostitute?

4. What attracts Julia to Winston? Why is this attractive or necessary to her?

5. Why does the Party turn a blind eye to prostitution? What type of sex will it not allow?

6. Winston fears that the dark-haired girl is not a member of the Thought Police; instead, she is an amateur spy. Why do you think the latter is more dangerous?

7. When Winston was young, he and his family had to take shelter in a subway station because London was being attacked. An old man was crying, "We didn't ought to have trusted them." Who should not have trusted?

8. Why are the proles the only force capable of overthrowing the Party?

9. What is the difference between Winston and Julia's feelings about their future?

10. Describe Winston's marriage. Why did he separate from his wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the most important warnings in Nineteen-Eighty-Four is that the past can be erased and history can be changed. "Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past."

Write a short essay on a real historical event about which historians disagree. Be sure to show both sides, and in the conclusion, explain what you think really happened and why.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay arguing either for or against the creation of a secret police force in America. Be sure to back up your opinions with examples from history and lessons learned from past governments.

Essay Topic 3

What makes us human?

1) Explain what you think the most important element of "being human" is. It can be an emotion, or human characteristic such as the need for expression or the ability to love.

2) Provide examples from the real world showing individuals and how they have used that emotion or human aspect to change the world.

3) Explain how you think this human element will change the world in the future.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 949 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample