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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Parsons' daughter report a man to the police?

2. How much does it cost for a nip of gin at the canteen?

3. How does Victory Gin smell?

4. What keeps falling on London?

5. How many clothing coupons does Winston get annually?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Part 1, Chapter 1 show the reader about the quality of Oceania's services and products?

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

3. In your own words, how does Winston describe Mr. Parsons?

4. What might the woman singing in the street symbolizes?

5. Where does Winston work, and what is his job? Why does he have to do this?

6. Why doesn't Winston kill the girl with the dark hair? Who else doesn't he kill for very similar reasons?

7. Who was comrade Ogilvy, and what was he like? How did he supposedly die?

8. Explain Julia's attitude towards the Party. What does this reveal about her character?

9. What is the significance is behind Winston's dream about his mother? How might she have died?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the history of prostitution. The essay should focus on something specific; examples should include, but are not limited to:

1) One country's experience with prostitution.

2) Times and places where it has been legal.

3) Geisha or "comfort" women, and other women who have been forced into prostitution.

Essay Topic 2

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 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.

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