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Utopia Vs. Dystopia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is a definition of a utopia?

a)

A society where everyone lives in peace and harmony, and all are equal.

b)

A society that runs on a class system and the government is ruled by a king or queen.

c)

A society where there are no laws due to the absence of or nonrecognition of governmental authority.

d)

A society where all citizens live in harmony by devoting themselves to and following a single leader, whom they worship.

2.

Which characteristics of utopia were shown in the "Tomorrowland" movie clip?

a)

Advanced technology

b)

Economic equality

c)

Society focused on returning to back to nature

d)

Citizens live in harmony

3.

What is the definition of dystopia?

a)

A society in which there is peace and harmony amongst all citizens.

b)

A society that is governed by a single leader, whom citizens worship and and blindly follow him/her/them.

c)

A democratic society in which officials are elected and run the government, who strictly enforce laws.

d)

A place or condition in which everything is as bad as possible.

4.

What characteristics of dystopia were shown in the "Lego Movie" movie clip?

a)

Propoganda

b)

Illusion of utopia

c)

Conformity

d)

Religion

5.

What nation is 1984 set in?

a)

Eastasia

b)

Pacifica

c)

Oceania

d)

Eurasia

6.

The three slogans of the Party are, War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and...

a)

Love is Hate

b)

Ignorance is Strength

c)

Life is Pain

d)

Ignorance is Bliss

7.

What dystopian themes has 1984 presented so far?

a)

Threat of extinction

b)

Propoganda

c)

Conformity

d)

Religion

e)

Constant surveillance

8.

What is Winston Smith's job?

a)

A member of the thought police, arresting citizens in the middle of the night for thought crimes

b)

Rewriting and distorting history in the records department

c)

A member of the Inner Party

d)

To run machines in the fiction department

9.

What dystopian protagonist characteristics does Winston Smith represent?

a)

Feeling trapped and is to escape

b)

Questions the existing social and political systems

c)

Believes that there is something terribly wrong with society in which he lives

d)

Believes in a religion that goes against the political system

e)

Leads a revolution against the current political system

10.

Who is Emmanuel Goldstein?

a)

The leader of The Brotherhood

b)

Leads the "proles" in a revolution against The Party

c)

The principal enemy of the state

d)

A former member of The Party who broke away

11.

In the novel, The Party is forming a new language, which is a theme throughout the novel. What is that language called?

a)

Newspeak

b)

Speakwrite

c)

Nadsat

d)

Doublespeak

12.

What characteristics of dystopia most accurately describes The 2 Minutes Hate?

a)

Propaganda

b)

Technology

c)

Restrictions

d)

Utopian Illusion

e)

Conformity

13.

What are the sacred principles of INGSOC?

a)

Protection of it's citizens

b)

Newspeak

c)

Doublethink

d)

Control of the past

14.

What does INGSOC stand for?

a)

English Socialism

b)

Democratic Socialism

c)

English Society

15.

What Characteristics of dystopia was shown in chapters 1-4?

a)

Constant surveillance

b)

Utopian illusion

c)

Propaganda

d)

Dehumanization

16.

What are the four branches (ministries) of government?

a)

Minitrue

b)

Minipax

c)

Miniluv

d)

Miniplenty

e)

Minisoc

17.

What is Newspeak?

a)

The official language of Oceania, engineered to remove even the possibility of rebellious thought​ and contains no negative terms.

b)

The official language of The Brotherhood, engineered to allow members of The Brotherhood to communicate with one another without Party members knowing.

c)

A machine that types as Winston dictates into it.

d)

A type of literature written by Winston and other Party members in his department in Minitrue.

18.

Who is O'Brien?

a)

An Inner Party member

b)

An Outer Party member

c)

A co-worker of Winston's

d)

The brown haired girl's husband

19.

What types of governments did George Orwell come in contact with during his life that mirrored a dystopian society?

a)

Nazism

b)

Facsism

c)

Imperialism

d)

Representative Democracy

20.

What is the worst crime against The Party?

a)

Thoughtcrime

b)

Doublethink

c)

Doublecrime

d)

Writing in a diary