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5 les Orwell

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

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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.

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.

3.

Animal Farm is a...

a)

Satire

b)

Fable

c)

Allegory

d)

ALL OF THE ABOVE

4.

What were Orwell´s common themes?

a)

love

b)

friendship

c)

politics and injustice

d)

suffering

5.

What was one of the reasons why 'Animal Farm' was written?

a)

To show animals living on a farm

b)

To portray his ideas about communists betraying socialist revolution

c)

To show his experiences during the Spanish Civil War

d)

To show that he supported communism

6.
Which leader was responsible for the 1917 Russian Revolution?
a)
Nicholas II
b)
Vladimir Lenin
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Leon Trotsky
7.

Why did the Pigs change the commandment "Four legs good, two legs bad" into "Four legs good, two legs better."

a)

Because they wanted to confuse the other animals in the Farm.

b)

Because the revolution was finished and they did not have to fear any human being anymore.

c)

Because they wanted to enhance the unity among all animals even those with only two legs.

d)

Because they started to behave like human beings.

8.

What is Doublethink?

a)

The ability to think about two things at once and determine their true meaning.

b)

The combination of two ideas to make a completely new one.

c)

The manipulation of the mind to make people accept contradictions.

9.

What is the official language of Oceania?

a)

Doublespeak

b)

Simplespeak

c)

Newspeak

d)

Instaspeak

10.

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.