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1984 Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

O'Brien tells Winston he helped collaborate on this....

a)

Golstein's Book

b)

Kidnapping Winston's mother.

c)

The setup at Charrington's shop.

d)

Using Julia as bait.

2.

All of these except for ______________ was not apart of Winston's "treatment"

a)

Understanding

b)

Learning

c)

Empathy

d)

Acceptance

3.

Where is the place without darkness?

a)

O'brien's home

b)

It lies within the happiness he feels with Julia.

c)

The holding cell.

d)

Mr. Charrington's

4.

How do you become a member of the party?

a)

Examination

b)

Inheritance

c)

Wealth

d)

Appointment

5.

If you're a member of the Outer Party, you are:

a)

a slave.

b)

the bureaucracy.

c)

soldiers.

d)

the minority.

6.

What is the purpose of Newspeak?

a)

To confuse the enemy.

b)

Make speech more scientific.

c)

Increase knowledge.

d)

Control thought.

7.

If hope exists,

a)

Winston will never experience it in his lifetime.

b)

It lies with the proles.

c)

It is somewhere outside of Oceania.

d)

it lies with the Brotherhood.

8.

Who was Winston meeting in the clearing when he described the meeting as "a political act, striking against the Party"?

a)

Emmanuel Goldstein

b)

O'brien

c)

Julia

d)

Syme

9.

Winston and Julia decide to visit O'brien's apartment because:

a)

he wants them to help him plan a revolt against the Party.

b)

he wants them to meet his servant Martin.

c)

they believe O'brien can help them become involved in the conspiracy against the Party

d)

they have been assigned to O'brien's Hate Week Committee.

10.

Oceania is comprised of 85% of which members?

a)

Outer Party Members

b)

Soldiers

c)

The proles

d)

Inner Party Members

11.

What the heck is Ingsoc?

a)

the name of thr doublespeak dictionary.

b)

The inner secrets of the Inner Party.

c)

The device that shredded historical documents.

d)

The sacred political principle and doctrine of the Party.

12.

Winston is cured at the end of the book because her says:

a)

he doesn't love Juulia anymore.

b)

he loves Big Brother.

c)

he will burn his diary.

d)

there's a saying in Texas that says fool me once, shame on you.

13.

Parsons is arrested because

a)

he hid a historical document in his shirt.

b)

he said "Down With Big Brother" in his sleep.

c)

he didn't participate in 2 Minutes Hate.

d)

he loved his daughter.

14.

The Party didn't punish thoughtcrime victims publicly because

a)

They did not want to risk an uprising.

b)

No one would care.

c)

They did not want to create matyrs.

d)

The torture techniques were too gruesome.

15.

Winston thought he was going to die via:

a)

electric shock.

b)

public hanging.

c)

rat consumption.

d)

gunshot to the back of the head.

16.

What did Winston think the Brotherhood would send him in his cell?

a)

A razor blade.

b)

A gun.

c)

Food.

d)

O'Brien

17.

Winston really loved this setting in his dreams.

a)

His childhood apartment.

b)

Room above the antique store.

c)

The Golden County.

d)

Chesnut Tree Cafe.

18.
Called "the enemy of the people," this character is the head of the Brotherhood
a)
Goldstein
b)
Big Brother
c)
Tom Parsons
d)
O'Brien
19.
High-ranked Party member for whom Winston is writing his diary
a)
Goldstein
b)
Mrs. Parsons
c)
O'Brien
d)
Big Brother
20.
Antique shop owner who sells Winston the diary book
a)
Mrs. Parsons
b)
Aaronson
c)
Rutherford
d)
Mr. Charrington
21.
His job is to limit the words used in the official language in order to narrow the range of thought until no more thought is possible
a)
Tillotson
b)
Jones
c)
Ampleforth
d)
Syme
22.
Ideal Party member who is illiterate and never questions any Party propaganda; fat and sweaty
a)
Ampleforth
b)
O'Brien
c)
Tom Parsons
d)
Rutherford
23.
Frail 39-year-old who suffers from a varicose ulcer and works for the Ministry of Truth
a)
Winston Smith
b)
Mr. Charrington
c)
Tillotson
d)
Jones
24.
Why does Winston initially believe that he and O’Brien feel the same about the Party?
a)
O’Brien tells Winston he disagrees with the principles of INGSOC.
b)
They exchange a meaningful look during the Two Minutes Hate.
c)
Julia knows that O’Brien is a member of the Thought Police.
d)
The way O’Brien resettles his spectacles suggests he is a rebel.
25.
Which of the following is true about the Party’s philosophy on marriage?
a)
Married people should never separate.
b)
All marriages are arranged by the Party. 
c)
People who are physically attracted to one another must never marry.
d)
If you are married, you must share your chocolate ration with your spouse.
26.
Why does Winston speak with the old man in the prole quarter pub?
a)
He is hoping the man will remember life before the Revolution.
b)
The old man offers to buy him a pint of beer.
c)
He thinks the old man is his father.
d)
A rocket bomb has dropped and Winston takes cover in the pub.
27.
Where do Winston and Julia first privately/secretly meet?
a)
Mr. Charrington’s apartment
b)
The canteen
c)
A place resembling the Golden Country
28.
How does O’Brien invite Winston to his house?
a)
He says he knows Winston is a rebel and would like him to join the Brotherhood.
b)
He strikes up a conversation with Winston about Syme and Newspeak then invites Winston to his house to get the new dictionary.
c)
He sends Winston a message though Martin, who delivers it in a brief case.
d)
He issues a telescreen memo that Winston is to report directly to his house.
29.
What privilege does the Inner Party have that the Outer Party does not?.
a)
They can marry for love
b)
They can write in their journals.
c)
They can turn off the telescreen for a little while.
d)
They can choose their jobs.
30.
Why aren’t the living conditions for citizens improved?
a)
 The citizens would become too comfortable and intelligent and would rebel
b)
The citizens would become too comfortable and lazy and stop working
c)
The resources need to be used for the war efforts
d)
They can’t afford it because there are too many people
31.
Why does the Party seek power?
a)
To enjoy the luxuries that come with being wealthy
b)
Because the dumb masses need someone more intelligent to guide them
c)
To improve the lives of all citizens who live within the Party’s domain.
d)
Simply to have power
32.
What does Winston believe will defeat the Party?
a)
The spirit of man
b)
God
c)
Eastasia
d)
Goldstein
33.
What is the purpose of using rats on Winston in Room 101?
a)
Rats are his greatest fear and force him to betray Julia
b)
Rats are his greatest fear and force him to admit his hatred for Big Brother
c)
Rats are repulsive to most people so O’Brien takes a chance that they will also scare Winston.
d)
Rats cause Winston to lose consciousness.
34.

The psychological principle that allows an individual to believe contradictory ideas at the same time is called what?

a)

Doublemind

b)

Thoughtcrime

c)

Doublethink

d)

Doublespeak

35.

Where is the telescreen hidden in the room above Mr. Charrington's shop?

a)

Behind the picture

b)

Under the bed

c)

Behind the light fixture

d)

Behind the poster of Big Brother

36.

What is the name of the mass rally held every day?

a)

The Two Minute Rage

b)

The Ten Minutes Hate

c)

The Two Minutes Hate

d)

The Daily Rage

37.

What organization urges children to turn their parents over to the authorities?

a)

The Party Youth

b)

The Junior Spies

c)

The Outer Party

d)

The Committee of Oceania Patriotism

38.

Who were the proles?

a)

The working class

b)

The upper class

c)

The Inner Party

d)

Eurasian spies

39.
Why are the superstates at war (Oceania, Eastasia, Eurasia)
a)
They want to control natural resources
b)
they want to win
c)
they want to control an area of land
d)
each country wants its party to dominate
40.
The only advancements (growth) in the fields of science and technology are:
a)
Warfare and agriculture
b)
Police espionage and engineering
c)
Police espionage and warfare
d)
How to make better chocolate
41.
Why can’t citizens travel or learn a foreign language?
a)
The people of Oceania aren’t intelligent enough to learn another language
b)
The people might learn that other countries are not so different and not bad
c)
Oceania is so big that there is no need to travel anywhere else
42.

Winston believes the Party can be overthrown if

a)

Oceania permanently allies itself with Eurasia or Eastasia.

b)

the Brotherhood launches a series of terrorist attacks against the Party.

c)

seditious party members destroy the organization from the inside.

d)

the proles become conscious of their oppression and rebel.

e)

the actions of the Ministry of Truth are exposed to the public.

43.

Why is Winston dissatisfied with his conversation with the old man in the pub?

a)

The old man turns out to be a member of the Inner Party disguised as a prole

b)

The old man is actually only a few years older than Winston

c)

The old man remembers only small, insignificant details about the past

d)

The old man is so drunk that Winston cannot understand his speech

44.

After the bomb explodes, as Winston walks past the rubble, what does he do?

a)

he checks to see if everyone is okay and that no one is injured

b)

he wanders around looking for his lost watch

c)

he starts crying as he sees the devastation it has caused

d)

he sees a human hand and kicks it into the gutter

e)

he helps a person who is caught underneath some rubble

45.
The War Slogans are: War is_____Freedom is _____Ignorance is _______
a)
Peace, Strength, Slavery.
b)
Slavery, Peace, Strength.
c)
Peace, Slavery, Strength.
d)
Strength, Slavery, Peace.