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1984 - Chapters 2 and 3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What "inconceivably stupid thing" does Winston realise he has done just before opening the door?

a)

Left his diary open on the table

b)

Said "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER" audibly

c)

Covered his telescreen

d)

Shaved his head

2.

What are members of the Party supposed to call one another?

a)

Sir/Madam

b)

Friend

c)

Colleague

d)

Comrade

3.

What is the name of his neighbour who is at the door?

a)

Mrs Parsons

b)

Mrs Jones

c)

Mr Smith

d)

Ms Davis

4.

What does Winston suspect - and later discover - is in the creases of Mrs Parsons' face?

a)

Dust

b)

Old make-up

c)

Dirt

d)

Chocolate

5.

What adorns the walls of the Parsons' flat? Tick all that apply.

a)

Scarlet banner of the Youth League

b)

Scarlet banner of the Spies

c)

A full-sized poster of Big Brother

d)

The children's graffiti

6.

What does Winston do at the Parsons' flat?

a)

Fix the toilet

b)

Fix the sink

c)

Help reach a pan from a high shelf

d)

Look after the children

7.

Why are the children disappointed?

a)

They are too young to join the Youth League

b)

Their father wouldn't let them go to work with him

c)

They couldn't go to see the hanging

d)

Winston won't play with them

8.

An "eavesdropping little sneak" who had "denounced his parents to the Thought Police" would be called what phrase in The Times?

a)

"little comrade"

b)

"child hero"

c)

"future leader"

d)

"Little Brother"

9.

Seven years ago, Winston heard what phrase in a dream?:

"We shall meet in the place where there is no (a)   ."

10.

What does Winston do so he will know if the diary has been discovered?

a)

Places a hair laid across the page-ends

b)

Writes "Winston's secret diary: keep out or else ;)" on the cover

c)

Puts a grain of dust on the corner of the cover

d)

Nothing - he will be immediately arrested if it is discovered anyway

11.

In his waking thoughts, what does Winston call the landscape he sees recurrently in his dreams?

("an old, rabbit-bitten pasture, with a foot-track wandering across it")

a)

The Golden Country

b)

England

c)

The Green and Pleasant Land

d)

My Childhood Place

12.

Winston wakes with what word on his lips?

a)

Help

b)

Wordsworth

c)

Thoughtcrime

d)

Shakespeare

13.

What "furtive knowledge" does Winston possess because his memory is "not satisfactorily under control"?

a)

That four years ago Oceania was at war with Eastasia, not Eurasia

b)

That Big Brother doesn't really exist

c)

That Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father

d)

Where to buy chocolate on the black market

14.

Complete the first half of this Party slogan:

"Who controls the past, controls the (a)   "

15.

Complete the second half of this Party slogan:

"Who controls the (a)   , controls the past."

16.

An "unending series of victories over your own memory" is called "reality control". What is it called in Newspeak?

a)

Doublethink

b)

Thoughtcrime

c)

Realitycon

d)

Weird

17.

Complete this quotation:

"Even to understand the word 'doublethink' involved the use of (a)   ."

18.

"Ingsoc" is the Newspeak word for what?

a)

English Socialism

b)

English Society

c)

Ingrained Socialism

d)

Ingenious Society

19.

What disrupts Winston's train of thought about the falsification of historical facts?

a)

A knock at the door

b)

He hears the Parsons children scream in the corridor

c)

The telescreen lets out a sudden shrill noise

d)

The voice from the telescreen addresses him by name

20.

At the end of Chapter 3, what does Winston succeed in doing for the first time in several years?

a)

Touching his toes with knees unbent

b)

10 push-ups

c)

10 star jumps without a coughing fit

d)

Downward Dog