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1984 Part 1 Quiz

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT one of the party slogans?

a)

War is Peace

b)

Love is Hate

c)

Ignorance is Strength

d)

Freedom is Slavery

2.

What is the function of the Ministry of Love?

a)

To maintain law and order

b)

To allow recklessness

c)

To arrange marriages for citizens

d)

To arrange divorces for citizens

3.

What is the goal of Newspeak?

a)

To narrow the range of thought

b)

To revolt

c)

To inspire anger in the populous

d)

To destroy uncultured citizens

4.

What does Winston think when he first sees the girl with dark hair?

a)

She finds him repulsive

b)

She wants to obtain his position

c)

She’s a spy or a member of the Thought Police

d)

She wishes to marry him

5.

What does the party call the ability to hold two contradictory thoughts in one’s mind simultaneously?

a)

Newfound

b)

Doublethink

c)

Insanity

d)

Wicked

6.

Who is the “principal figure” in the Two Minutes Hate?

a)

Conan O’Brien

b)

Albert Eastasian soldier

c)

Emmanuel Goldstein

d)

Big Brother Brad

7.

What does Winston write about in his first diary entry?

a)

His hatred for Big Brother

b)

A war film he watched recently

c)

The least hidden ways to follow someone

d)

Comparing his most embarrassing moment as a child to as an adult

8.

While Winston is helping to fix her kitchen sink, what excuse does Mrs. Parsons give for her children’s disappointment?

a)

They had a brutal run in with the Thought Police

b)

They had their hopes set on moving away, but plans fell through

c)

They were denied the opportunity to work at the Ministry of Truth

d)

They couldn’t go see the hanging of Eurasian prisoners

9.

Fill in the blank: “If there is hope [wrote Winaton] it lies in ____

a)

the mind

b)

the Proles

c)

the Party

d)

the Brotherhood

10.

Fill in the blank: “It was probable that there were some millions of proles for whom the _____ was the principal if not the only reason for remaining alive.”

a)

Apocalypse

b)

Lottery

c)

Love

d)

Preposition

11.

What was Winston wife like?

a)

Compatible with him in every way

b)

Mindless and cold towards him

c)

Angry with a fiery temper

d)

Jealous and controlling

12.

What was Winston's dream about?

a)

Being found out by the Thought Police

b)

His happy childhood

c)

His mother and sister dying

d)

His father being taken by the Thought Police

13.

Who is Charington

a)

An antique store owner

b)

A fellow comrade in the Ministry of Truth

c)

A member of the Brotherhood

d)

A writer for the Newspeak dictionary

14.

What does Winston purchase at the shop?

a)

A glass vase

b)

An antique painting

c)

A glass paper weight

d)

A fancy pen

15.

Why does Winston speak to the old man at the Prole pub?

a)

To see if he is part of the Brotherhood

b)

To vent to someone about Big Brother

c)

To see if he noticed the woman following Winston

d)

To learn what life before the Revolution was like

16.

To criticize someone angrily

a)

annihilate

b)

procure

c)

fulminate

d)

rectify

17.

opinions or beliefs that are contrary to that of the official positions

a)

unorthodox

b)

inscrutible

c)

benevolent

d)

furtive

18.

describes an annoying person who tries to tell people what to do in a way that is unwanted

a)

officious

b)

contrived

c)

nebulous

d)

sordid

19.

open to more than one interpretation

a)

zeal

b)

jargon

c)

equivocal

d)

nebulous

20.

impossible to understand or interpret

a)

sordid

b)

inscrutible

c)

nebulous

d)

sanguine

21.

to put something right

a)

rectify

b)

procure

c)

annihilate

d)

fulminate

22.

to obtain something with great effort

a)

rectify

b)

correct

c)

contrive

d)

procure

23.

done in a quiet way to avoid being noticed

a)

furtive

b)

anxious

c)

pedantic

d)

officious

24.

destroy or obliterate

a)

annihilate

b)

fulminate

c)

rebirth

d)

condemn

25.

immoral, dishonest, dirty and unpleasant

a)

sanguine

b)

sordid

c)

unfaithful

d)

benevolent

26.

optimistic and positive during a difficult situation

a)

sanguine

b)

zealous

c)

Mr. Kopra

d)

inscrutable

27.

lack of physical or mental energy

a)

officious

b)

lassitude

c)

the month of December

d)

reality

28.

Great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or objective

a)

Ms. Wetzler every day

b)

Zeal

c)

Benevolence

d)

Winston every day

29.

The use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt

a)

Teenage sarcasm

b)

youtube comments

c)

zeal

d)

derision

30.

Special words or phrases that are used by a particular group, hard for others to understand

a)

English class every day

b)

jargon

c)

newspeak

d)

je ne sais pas

31.

too focused on unimportant rules

a)

officious

b)

pedantic

c)

zealous

d)

my mom

32.

Kind and generous, doing good for others

a)

benevolent

b)

Big Brother

c)

Elon Musk

d)

sanguin

33.
What is the reason Winston takes the stairs up to his flat, rather than taking the "lift"?
a)
He's afraid of confined spaces.
b)
There is no electricity due to the economic drive and preparations for Hate Week.
c)
It is seldom working.
d)
B & C
34.
How does the government try to control everybody?
a)
 Through the use of telescreens which hear and see your every move.
b)
Thought Police and by having Police Patrols look into people's windows.
c)
Use of children who act as spies and report their parents.
d)
All of the above.
35.
What is Winston's address? Where does he live?
a)
Victory Mansion. Air-Strip One. Eastasia.
b)
Victory Mansions. Air-Strip One. Germany. Eurasia.
c)
Victory Mansions. London. Air-Strip One. Oceania.
d)
None of these.
36.
Which of the following does NOT occur at The Two Minutes Hate?
a)
The face of Emmanuel Goldstein flashes onto the screen.
b)
People scream and throw things.
c)
There are hypnotic-like chants for Big Brother.
d)
People inflict pain on each other.
37.
Comrade Ogilvy is
a)
A fellow worker in the Fiction Department.
b)
A war hero-turned-traitor who evaded capture and disappeared.
c)
 Winston's neighbor in the Records Department.
d)
A fictitious person created by Winston for a rewritten Times article.
38.
What is NOT true about Syme?
a)
He is working on the eleventh edition of the Newspeak dictionary.
b)
He asks Winston if he has any razor blades.
c)
He admires Mr. Parsons.
d)
He is too intelligent and therefore Winston believes he'll be vaporized.
39.
To be able to say that 2+2=4 represents _____________.
a)
Ignorance.
b)
Slavery.
c)
Freedom.
d)
Math.
40.
Who does Winston believe says to him in an image, "We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness"?
a)
Syme
b)
O'Brien
c)
Tillotson
d)
Big Brother
41.

The protagonist is...

a)

Divorced

b)

Dating

c)

Married

d)

Single

42.

Who is he writing his diary for?

a)

O'Brien

b)

Winston

c)

The girl from the Fiction Department

d)

Big Brother

43.
What is Winston's job?
a)
pornographer
b)
serves food in the cafeteria
c)
changes and deletes historical records
d)
leads the revolution
44.
The proles are...
a)
checkpoints for Party members to meet daily
b)
people outside the Party
c)
Big Brother's spies
d)
thought police drones
45.
What is the goal of Newspeak?
a)
to make a new language
b)
to restrict thought
c)
to allow freedom of speech
d)
to keep people like Syme busy
46.
How does Winston know the Party and Big Brother are full of lies?
a)
O'Brien told him
b)
the dark-haired girl said so
c)
Winston found a photo that went against what the Big Brother said
d)
Winston spied on a Eurasian spy
47.
What is the Party doing to the past?
a)
adding new people and events
b)
deleting past events and people
c)
constantly changing history so no one will ever be able to remember the past
d)
all of these
48.
What, according to Winston, is "the most deadly danger of all"?
a)
Acting out of line
b)
Reacting to something in an unusual way
c)
Facecrime
d)
Talking in your sleep
49.
"Until they become conscious they'll never rebel, and until after they rebel they...
a)
cannot become free."
b)
cannot become conscious." 
c)
cannot become awakened."
d)
... cannot escape their present fates."
50.
What is the newspeak word for individualism and eccentricity?
a)
Selfspeak
b)
Ownlife
c)
Methink
d)
Strangeself
51.
What's most notable about the room that Mr. Charrington shows Winston?
a)
It's in the prole district
b)
It doesn't have a telescreen in it 
c)
It's expensive and isolated
d)
It's filled with relics from the past.

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