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

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

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

4. What does the cage door do in Part 3, Chapter 5?

5. What kind of pencil does O'Brien use?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might George Orwell have made the book's conclusion so tragic? What is he trying to express?

2. What does Winston admire about his mother?

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

4. What do you think will happen to Winston and Julia after Part 2, Chapter 10? Do they have any hope?

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

6. What does Winston's betrayal reveal about his character? What do you think of him now?

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

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

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

10. How does Winston feel towards O'Brien in Part 3, Chapter 2? Why do you think this is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay critiquing a political manifesto, white paper, or declaration. Be sure to explain:

1) What the document attempted to achieve, and whether or not it accomplished this goal.

2) How it has influenced society or the world.

3) Whether you agree or disagree with the paper, and why.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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