1984: Book 1 | Chapter 3 Quiz

What was the evening's entertainment for the children in Oceania?

• Visiting the zoo

• Playing in the park

• Watching prisoners hang

• Attending a concert

What was the main work of the Ministry of Truth?

• Building new languages

• Producing newspapers

• Inventing new words

• Destroying words

What was the aim of Newspeak according to Syme?

• To promote free thinking

• To encourage creativity

• To expand vocabulary

• To narrow thought

What did Parsons' daughter do when she saw a strange man?

• Took a picture with him

• Asked for help

• Ignored him

• Followed him and reported to the police

What did the Ministry of Plenty announce about chocolate?

• They were getting the same amount of chocolate

• They were getting no chocolate

• They were getting less chocolate

• They were getting more chocolate

What was the job of the woman in Winston's office?

• Searching for vaporized people's names

• Destroying old copies of everything

• Writing newspapers

• Collecting money for Hate Week

What did Syme say about the eleventh edition of the Newspeak Dictionary?

• It's the smallest one

• It's the final one

• It's the first one

• It's the most popular one

What did the boy do when he saw the Eurasian prisoners hang?

• Cried and ran away

• Took pictures

• Tried to stop the hanging

• Shouted to see them hang

What did Winston do with the changes to the Times newspaper?

• Kept them for himself

• Sent them down the middle hole

• Gave them to Syme

• Burned them

What did the boy shout when he saw Mrs. Parsons trying to take sharp stones from her son's hand?

• Love

• Big Brother

• Freedom

• Goldstein