1984 Quiz: Why It Still Matters

What inspired the texture of airstrip one in the book 1984?

• London after the war

• Paris after the war

• New York after the war

• Berlin before the war

What is the most famous dystopian novel also described as?

• A tragedy

• A comedy

• A thriller

• A fantasy

What event led to the destabilizing of the idea of truth for George Orwell?

• The American Civil War

• The French Revolution

• The Spanish Civil War

• World War I

What is the new form of language designed to limit the range of thought in the book 1984 called?

• Oldspeak

• Newspeak

• Truthspeak

• Liespeak

What technology did George Orwell predict would be used for surveillance in the future?

• Internet

• Telegraph

• Telephone

• Television

What is the slogan of the Party in George Orwell's 1984?

• War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.

• Love is Hate. Truth is Lie. Knowledge is Power.

• Peace is War. Slavery is Freedom. Strength is Ignorance.

• Hate is Love. Lie is Truth. Power is Knowledge.

What is the name of the totalitarian regime in the book 1984?

• The Party

• The Order

• The Society

• The Union

Airstrip One's dictatorship is called

• Ingsoc

• big brother

• goldstein

• proles

Doublethink was

• teaching people to think independently

• teaching people to always search for the truth

• teaching people to believe two contradictory things

• teaching people to fight for their individual freedoms

1984 was NOT seen as a critique of which of the following ?

• socialism

• stalinism

• technology

• truth