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Worksheets1984!
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The main character is Winston Smith. He is about thirty-nine years old.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
What is the setting of the novel?
a)
Sector 2
b)
Paris, Capital of Eurasia
c)
London, main city of Airstrip One
d)
New York City
3.
Which of the following is NOT a Party slogan?
a)
War is peace
b)
Love is hate
c)
Ignorance is strength
d)
Freedom is slavery
4.
What does the caption on the Big Brother posters say?
a)
Big brother is watching you
b)
Down with Big Brother
c)
Everything for the party
5.
For what is the Ministry of Plenty responsible?
a)
entertainment, fine arts, and education
b)
the economy, manufactured goods, and rations
c)
war efforts, combat, and peace treaties
d)
diet, nutrition, and exercise
6.
What are the Newspeak names for the ministries?
a)
Minipax, Minitrue, Miniluv, Miniplenty
b)
Truth Place, War Place, Love Place, Things Place
c)
MP, MT, ML, MM
d)
None of the above
7.
What is the function of the Ministry of Love?
a)
to raise children
b)
to arrange dates for single people
c)
to maintain law and order
d)
Both A and B
8.
What date does the main character record into a diary?
a)
April 4th, 1948
b)
January 1, 1948
c)
April 4th, 1984
d)
No date is recorded
9.
When Winston sees the girl with dark hair, he is immediately attracted to her. He thinks she is someone with whom he can talk and trust.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
What is the name of the Inner Party member that Winston sees, and makes eye contact with during the Two Minutes Hate?
a)
Big Brother
b)
Goldstein
c)
Parsons
d)
O'Brien
11.
What does Utopia mean?
a)
ideal perfection
b)
a world where everything is bad
c)
corruption has overrun good intention
12.
George Orwell is a pen name.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Benito Mussolini called for
a)
totalitarianism
b)
democracy
c)
communism
14.
How do members of the Party regard the proles?
a)
Proles are naturally inferior, and must be kept powerless.
b)
Proles need to be indoctrinated, and converted over into Party ideology.
c)
Lazy proles, they should all be sent to fight in the war.
15.
Who is the principle traitor?
a)
Big Brother
b)
Winston
c)
Goldstein
16.
Winston and Julia have been released. Now what?
a)
They're in love!
b)
They don't feel the same way about each other.
c)
They get married.
d)
They don't remember who the other person is.
17.
Who really wrote the manifesto that O'Brien gives to Winston?
a)
Big Brother
b)
Julia
c)
O'Brien
d)
Mr. Charrington
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