1984 Part 1, Chapter 8
Authored by Meggie Schultz
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12th Grade
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This quiz focuses on George Orwell's dystopian novel *1984*, specifically Part 1, Chapter 8, and is designed for 12th-grade students studying advanced literature. The questions require students to demonstrate comprehensive reading skills, textual analysis, and understanding of Orwell's complex themes including totalitarian control, surveillance, and the manipulation of truth. Students must grasp critical concepts such as Newspeak terminology, the Party's methods of social control, and Winston's psychological development as a character questioning the regime. The quiz assesses students' ability to identify specific details from the text, understand the significance of symbolic objects like the glass paperweight, and analyze how Orwell uses elements like the missing telescreen and the nursery rhyme to develop themes about memory, history, and resistance. Students need strong inferential reasoning skills to understand why Winston seeks information from the old man and how his actions represent dangerous individualism in this oppressive society. Created by Meggie Schultz, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 12. This quiz serves as an excellent tool for formative assessment, allowing teachers to gauge student comprehension of one of the most pivotal chapters in Orwell's masterpiece. Teachers can utilize this as a reading check following the assignment of Chapter 8, as a review activity before discussing the chapter's themes in class, or as homework to reinforce key plot points and literary devices. The quiz works effectively as a warm-up activity to launch deeper classroom discussions about surveillance, propaganda, and the destruction of historical truth. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1 for citing textual evidence, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3 for analyzing character development, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4 for determining the meaning of words and phrases, including figurative meanings that are central to understanding Orwell's dystopian world.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What event is Winston missing out on the evening that he speaks to the old man in the pub?
He is missing out on an evening at the museum.
He is missing out on an evening at the community center.
He is missing out on an evening at the opera.
He is missing out on an evening at a church function.
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.1
CCSS.RI. 9-10.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
At the start of Chapter 8, Winston fears of being accused of ownlife. What is ownlife?
Ownlife is Newspeak for earning money from a part-time job to supplement one's primary income.
Ownlife is Newspeak for engaging in sexual relations outside of marriage
Ownlife is Newspeak for ownership of members of the proletariat, who then work in one's household as slaves.
Ownlife is Newspeak for the “individualism and eccentricity” suggested by a person’s choice to spend time alone instead of engaging in communal recreations.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a steamer?
This refers to animal feces left in the street.
This refers to a rocket bomb.
This refers to a means of public transportation, a train.
This refers to a hateful insult.
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is the “one public event to which the proles paid serious attention”?
the Physical Jerks
the lottery
the Two Minutes of Hate
Hate Week
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.W.11-12.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
How does the Party fool the people with the lottery?
All winners of the lottery were either Party members or leaders, although this was unknown to the general public,
Only small sums were actually paid out; the winners of the big prizes were non-existent persons.
All winners of the lottery were foreigners or vaporized citizens who could lay no claim to their winnings.
Only small sums were paid out to proles who were then forced to repay these amounts to the government in taxes.
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.W.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What item did Winston previously purchase at the antique store?
Winston previously purchased a globe.
Winston previously purchased a diary.
Winston previously purchased a dictionary.
Winston previously purchased the complete works of William Shakespeare.
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RI.K.6
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
About what does Winston question the old man in the bar?
He questions the old man as to what sex is like in one's advanced years.
He questions the old man as to what banned books the man has read.
He questions the old man as to whether he is loyal to the Party.
He questions the old man as to what life was like before the Revolution.
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RL.1.1
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