Worksheets1984 Chapter 1-6
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
At the beginning of Part 1 Chapter 6 Winston said that what is the most deadly danger of all?
a)
doublethink
b)
sex
c)
talking in your sleep
d)
being with a prostitute
2.
All marriages had to be approved by the party. They would be denied if_____.
a)
The woman was already pregnant
b)
They were related
c)
They were remotely attracted to each other
d)
They were not of the same race
3.
The prostitute that Winston was writing about was a __________
a)
Prole
b)
Member of the Party
c)
spy
d)
young beautiful girl
4.
Winston had been married for a short time to a woman named Katherine. Pick the statement that is correct
a)
She was the love of his life
b)
She was not interested in him physically
c)
They had two children
d)
She was ugly
5.
Women in The Party never _____
a)
wore perfume
b)
got married
c)
had sex
d)
had children
6.
Winston and his wife separated because _________
a)
She fell in love with someone else
b)
He hated her
c)
She committed a thoughtcrime
d)
She gave up on having a child with him
7.
Proles were considered a lower class than Party Members because
a)
They were poor and barely got by because they were not Party Members
b)
They had committed crimes and had been banished
c)
They were of lower intelligence
d)
They had been rejected by The Party
8.
What is Syme working on?
a)
A new edition of the Newspeak dictionary
b)
A speech that Big Brother is going to give
c)
Hate Week preparations
d)
New sports for the sports committee
9.
What is the aim of Newspeak?
a)
To make communication easier
b)
To give the party members something to learn that is not dangerous for the government
c)
To fix the English language of its many mistakes
d)
To narrow what people can think since there will be no words to express ideas like 'freedom'
10.
Why does Winston think Syme will be vaporized?
a)
He is stupid
b)
He is reckless
c)
He is too intelligent
d)
He can't master Newspeak
11.
What did Parson's little girl do that made him so proud?
a)
She turned in a man for being an enemy agent because of his weird shoes
b)
She turned in her mother for not taking her and her brother to the hanging
c)
She won an award in the junior anti-sex league
d)
She got an A+ on her newhistory test
12.
The people cheer when they hear that chocolate rations have risen to 20 grams a week, even though just yesterday they were told it had dropped to 20 grams a week. This is an example of...
a)
Newspeak
b)
Doublethink
c)
Duckspeak
d)
Thoughtcrime
13.
What do both Parsons and Syme ask to borrow from Winston?
a)
The newest edition of the Newspeak dictionary
b)
toilet paper
c)
cigarettes
d)
razor blades
14.
Who is watching Winston in the cafeteria?
a)
Bog Brother
b)
The girl with the dark hair
c)
O'Brien
d)
Winston's dead mother
15.
Winston writes in his diary about a memory of him going to see
a)
a church
b)
Big Brother
c)
his father hanged as a criminal
d)
a prostitute
16.
In this society, what is the only reason to get married?
a)
to have children
b)
to have a spy always watching you
c)
for love
d)
it saves space since two people can live in one apartment
17.
Who is Katherine?
a)
Winston's mother
b)
Winston's ex-wife
c)
the dark haired girl
d)
the prostitute
18.
What time of the day and season does '1984' open with?
a)
Morning, Winter
b)
Afternoon, Winter
c)
Morning, Summer
d)
Afternoon, Spring
19.
What enters Victory Mansions along with Winston?
a)
A puppy
b)
Two puppies
c)
Dust
d)
A lady
20.
What's the smell that hits Winston when he enters his apartment building?
a)
Rose and lavender
b)
New mats
c)
boiled potatoes
d)
boiled cabbage
21.
Why did Winston use the stairs instead of the lift?
a)
BIG BROTHER was watching him in the lift.
b)
The lift did not work because of an economy drive
c)
There was no lift in the building
d)
He lived on the first floor, so using the stairs was no big deal
22.
Winston was :
a)
Fair, handsome, with smooth skin
b)
Had dark hair, smooth face
c)
Fair hair, smooth face
d)
Fair hair, roughened face
23.
INGSOC is an allusion to:
a)
Integrated Society
b)
English Socialism
c)
Integrated Socialism
d)
Internal Socialism
24.
What was the voice on the tele screen babbling about?
a)
Production of pig-iron
b)
Eastasia's attack on Oceania
c)
BIG BROTHER's daily speech to the Party
d)
Goldstein's threat to Oceania
25.
Which of the following ministries is not mentioned in Chapter 1
a)
Minitrue
b)
Minihate
c)
Miniluv
d)
Minipax
26.
Why did Winston hide himself from the telescreen?
a)
He wanted to read a book
b)
He wanted to write a letter
c)
He wanted to write a diary
d)
He wanted to commit a crime
27.
What date does Winston's diary start from?
a)
September 9, 1948
b)
September 9, 1984
c)
April 4, 1984
d)
April 30, 1948
28.
The dark-haired girl Winston remembers is:
a)
Timid, about 23, works in Mintrue
b)
confident, freckled face, athletic and works for Minpax
c)
bold-looking, about 27 and works in the Fiction Department
d)
Wears a scarlet sash, shapely hips, works for Mintrue
29.
O'Brien is portrayed as:
a)
Urbane with a prizefighter's physique
b)
Unorthodox, urbane, prizefighter's physique
c)
Friendly, intelligent, overweight
d)
Cunning, intelligent, urbane
30.
What happened during the 2 minute hate?
a)
The audience watched Goldstein speak about his book
b)
Winston made eye contact with O'Brien
c)
The dark-haired girl made eye contact with Winston
d)
Winston transferred his hatred of Big Brother to O'Brien
31.
Goldstein is described as:
a)
lean Russian face, fuzzy white hair, with voice of a sheep bleating
b)
lean Jewish face, fuzzy dark hair, deep sombre voice
c)
urbane and formal
d)
lean Jewish face, fuzzy white hair with voice of a bleating sheep
32.
What is Goldstein seeing as doing in the movie clip?
a)
Advocating freedom of speech, freedom of thought and freedom of the press
b)
Denouncing Big Brother and praising the party
c)
Speaking with endless columns of Eastasia army marching behind him
d)
Winston secretly liked Goldstein
33.
O'Brien seemed to be saying to him.'I know precisely what you are feeling. I know all about your contempt, your hatred, your disgust'. Literary devices here could be:
a)
Simile, repetition, flashback
b)
Metaphor, parallelism, foreshadowing
c)
Irony, foreshadowing, parallelism
d)
Imagery, irony, foreshadowing
34.
Why did Winston not abandon writing the diary?
a)
He had not yet committed a thought crime
b)
Keeping a diary was a crime
c)
He had written DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER 5 times
d)
It made no difference if he wrote or didn't write it
35.
'theyll shoot me i dont care theyll shoot me in the back of the neck i don't care down with big brother they always shoot you in the back'. What does it tell us about Winston's actions at this point?
a)
He is scared of BIG BROTHER
b)
He defies conventions
c)
He's scared of the Thought Police
d)
Primacy of expression over thought
36.
Why does Orwell present a knock on the door at the very moment Winston starts writing the diary?
a)
The Thought Police have come to take him away
b)
His neighbour has come to talk to him
c)
Makes it dramatic and introduces suspense
d)
Uses it for foreshadowing
37.
The main character is Winston Smith. He is about thirty-nine years old.
a)
True
b)
False
38.
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
39.
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
40.
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
41.
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
42.
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
43.
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
44.
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
45.
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
46.
What does Utopia mean?
a)
ideal perfection
b)
a world where everything is bad
c)
corruption has overrun good intention
47.
George Orwell is a pen name.
a)
True
b)
False
48.
Benito Mussolini called for
a)
totalitarianism
b)
democracy
c)
communism
49.
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.
50.
Who is the principle traitor?
a)
Big Brother
b)
Winston
c)
Goldstein
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