1984 Review

In the last paragraph of Chapter VI (beginning "He knew"), Winston's attitude could best be describe as one of...

• certainty

• pessimism

• opportunism

• fatalism

• expectancy

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In the third paragraph of Chapter VII, in the sentence beginning "The dream had also been," the phrase "comprehended by" is best understood to mean...

• understood by

• knowledgeable of

• comprised of

• seen by

• known to

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In the paragraph begininng "In the dream he had remembered," the "it" in the first sentence refers to...

• "small events"

• "the cluster"

• "waking"

• "few moments"

• "last glimpse"

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The paragraph beginning "his father had disappeared" is notable for all of the following EXCEPT its...

• movement from descriptions of general conditions to their impact on Winston

• unusual number of concrete details

• repeated use of alliteration

• montage of images to convey a sense of the era

• tight focus exclusively on the hunger and starvation of the era

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In the paragraph beginning "When his father disappeared," "the never mentioned thing that was about to happen" most likely refers to...

• the death of his mother

• news of the death of his father

• Winston's final betrayal of his mother

• the death of his sister

• the loss of their home

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

From the paragraph beginning, "He remembered the room," the reader can infer that the mother always gave Winston "more than his share" because she felt...

• that was the only way to appease his anger and whining

• he deserved it since males were superior in that society

• he was the only one with a chance to survive, and needed more

• she wanted to die anyway so that she could be with her husband

• more love for him than for her daughter

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

From the passage as a whole, the reader can infer all of the following EXCEPT that...

• Winston felt guilty about how he had behaved when he was a child

• his mother blamed him for causing her death by starvation

• Winston viewed his sister as almost less than human

• many people simply disappeared during Winston's childhood

• when Winston was young, getting enough to eat was a primary focus

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Winston's obsession with "the protecting gesture of the arm" is probably a result of his...

I. never having felt loved and protected

II. desire to understand such a selfless act

III. jealousy that his mother loved his sister more than him

• I only

• II only

• III only

• I and III only

• I, II, and III

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3