Worksheets1984 #2
Total questions: 173
Worksheet time: 1hrs 26mins
What words are written on the poster with the face that is everywhere in 1984?
DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER
GOLDSTEIN-ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU
Despite its name, what is the real purpose of the Ministry of Truth?
a. To collect information about the Party's enemies.
b. To alter historical records to fit the Party's agenda
c. To document historic events for future generations.
d. To manage economic shortages in Oceania.
In the novel, the common brand name for cigarettes, gin and apartment buildings is-
a. "Generic"
b. "Plentiful"
c. "Victory"
"Oceania Brand"
What is the protagonist's (main character) name?
Winston
George
O'Brien
Eric
What is the protagonist's (main character) name?
Winston
George
O'Brien
Eric
Where does Winston work?
Minitrue
Minipax
Miniluv
Miniplenty
War is _____
Peace
Slavery
Strength
Power
Freedom is _____
Peace
Slavery
Strength
Power
Ignorance is _____
Peace
Slavery
Strength
Power
The party says that 2+2=?
4
5
1
2
In chapter six, it states that permission to get married was refused to couples who...
refused to have sex with each other
were physically attracted to each other
couldn't have children
both were from the Outer Party
What is the appropriate title for party members?
Brother/Sister + name
PM + name (short for party member)
Comrade
Friend
How does the government try to control everybody?
By controlling and limiting language
By controlling and limiting intimate relationships
By controlling and limiting access to accurate knowledge of the past or present
All of the above.
Not able to understand
unintelligible
drudges
eddy
seldom
discountenanced
dirty
disapproval
military weapons
kind of fat
dull work, boring
whirlpool
rarely
drudges
piercing
dirty
armaments
fattish
apprehensive
sordid
whirlpool
eddy
seldom
penetrating
meagerness
military weapons
discountenance
armament
fattish
apprehensive
rarely
penetrating
meagerness
seldom
discountenanced
kind of fat
apprehensive
unintelligible
sordid
fattish
piercing
penetrating
meagerness
discountenanced
sordid
scared of what is going to happen
unintelligible
apprehensive
drudges
eddy
skinny
discountenanced
sordid
meagerness
armament
powered by air
denunciation
external
admiration
pneumatic
a collection of writing
anthologies
tendencies
testimony
intervals
a pattern of behavior
testimony
intervals
tendencies
pneumatic
an outside part
admiration
vaguely
anthologies
external
a written of spoke statement of fact
testimony
intervals
anthologies
tendencies
a happy feeling
vaguely
admirations
anthologies
tendencies
a space of time
pneumatic
denunciation
intervals
external
unclear
anthologies
tendencies
vaguely
testimony
Which of the following is synonym for the word "folly?"
Sadness
Foolishness
Helplessness
Happiness
The definition of this word is "a feeling of sadness or depression."
Deprecating
Inviolate
Insatiably
Melancholy
Which of the following is a correct definition of the word "Indignation?"
Anger or annoyance stimulated by supposed unfair treatment
A state in which things that are essential for human well-being such as food and warmth are scarce or lacking
Blatantly offensive or inconsistent with morality
Expressing disapproval
Complete the following sentence: Even after the terrible storm, the little village remained ____.
Infallible
Pretentious
Inviolate
Meritorious
Which of the following words is a synonym for the word "disapproving?"
Deprecating
Pretentious
Fatuous
Flagrant
Complete the following sentence: After the intense argument, the tension in the room was ____.
Inviolate
Palpable
Gratuitous
Irreconcilable
Complete the following sentence: The Federal Government must consider all of the possible ____ of changing a law before they change one.
Indignation
Privations
Ramifications
Remonstrances
What is the correct definition of the word "Flagrant?"
Never failing; always effective
Deserving reward or praise
Destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt
Blatantly offensive or inconsistent with morality
Which of the following is a synonym for the word "Superfluous?"
Hazardous
Unnecessary
Exciting
Generous
The definition of this word is "a forcefully reproachful protest."
Folly
Privation
Ramifications
Remonstrances
What is not a synonym for Infallible?
Trustworthy
Never effective
Never failing
Reliable
Gratuitous is which part of speech?
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
This word means deferential respect?
Obeisance
Fatuous
Folly
Privation
Which one is not a definition for vanquished?
Annihilate
To conquer
To overcome
To accept defeat
Privation is a state in which things that are essential for human well-being such as food and warmth are _________.
Scarce
Surplus
Plentiful
Excess
For a remark to be fatuous, it can be? (select all that apply)
Silly
Mindless
Sensable
Foolish
Which word does not describe incredulity
Belief
Amazement
Skepticism
What word means to be incapable of being satisfied or appeased
Debauch
Folly
Obeisance
Insatiably
Complete the sentence: The student was __________, and exhausted at the end of the first week of school.
Etiolated
Folly
Privation
Fatuous
Complete the sentence: She choose to work on her big project at _________ intervals.
Intermittent
Gratuitous
Incredulity
Intermittent
Complete the sentence: She choose to work on her big project at _________ intervals.
Intermittent
Gratuitous
Incredulity
Intermittent
How is Winston's mother described?
tall, statuesque with magnificent fair hair
tall, unstable with curly hair
pale, unstable with no hair
pale, statuesque with magnificent red hair
THIS WORD MEANS "A FRIEND OR COMPANION"...
COMRAD
COMMRADE
COMRADE
COMRAED
Endless
Inscrutable
Annihilate
Stratum
Interminable
show or represent by a drawing, painting, or other art form
Reverberate
Depict
Fathom
Venerate
impossible to understand or interpret
Inscrutable
Proliferate
Interminable
Multifarious
be repeated several times as an echo
Reverberate
Proliferate
Depict
Sordid
Understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought.
Collate
Repudiate
Aquiline
Fathom
Destroy utterly; obliterate
Depict
Annihilate
Stratum
Venerate
refuse to accept or be associated with
Inscrutable
Unprocurable
Repudiate
Sordid
having many varied parts or aspects
Multifarious
Inscrutable
Reverberate
Fathom
regard with great respect; revere
Depict
Sordid
Repudiate
Venerate
increase rapidly in numbers; multiply
Collate
Unprocurable
Proliferate
Stratum
dirty or squalid; arousing moral distaste and contempt
Depict
Aquiline
Sordid
Unprocurable
Myrna is so superstitious that she hired a spiritualist to _____________ her new house of evil spirits.
maul
purge
cleave
apprehend
something complex or detailed; complicated
egotism
embezzlement
intricate
absurd
using gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words.
lamentably
gesticulating
florid
translucent
boringly instructional or academic; very strict and particular
pedantic
didactic
those who hold to a belief opposed to the church
Heretics
Counterfeit
Invocation
Adversary
The ____________________city roads were extremely difficult for the Schettler-mobile to navigate.
labyrinthine
nuzzle
plaudit
tardy
reprehensible
How does Winston feel about Julia when he sees her in a sling in the hallway?
He is confused by her injury.
He loathes her and does nothing when she falls
He loathes her but for some reason stops to help her
He is glad to see that she is hurt; he loathes her to his core.
Julia slips Winston a note. What does it say?
Big Brother is watching you!
Meet me in the square...
Join the Brotherhood and revolt!
I love you!
Choose all that are correct: Winston and Julia...
Meet in Victory Square and talk in secret
Make a plan to meet Sunday in a discreet location
Hold hands
Swap secrets about the Brotherhood and betraying Big Brother.
Julia gives Winston detailed directions to
A clearing where they meet and have sex
A clearing where they meet and discuss the Inner Party
A clearing where Big Brother is waiting for them
A clearing where Winston once lived with his family
Julia disguises herself as a Party loyalist because
breaking the big rules is best left to the Brotherhood
it is her way to stay true to her childhood as a spy
if you break the little rules first the big ones are easier
if you follow the big rules it is easier to break the little ones
Mr. Charrington rents his room to Winston because
he believes that love will conquer all
he needs money and is willing to turn a blind eye
he thinks that Winston is the key to the future
he respects Winston's reasons and even tells him about the two entrances
Which of the following ARE in Julia's parcel?
Real Coffee
Real Sugar
Real Cigarettes
Real Tea
Julia tells Winston to turn around and then
Puts on make-up and perfume
puts on a dress
strips so she's no longer a comrade
pulls out a gun because she IS thought police...
Julia's options for her and Winston are: (select all that apply)
Commit Suicide
Get married and hide with the proles
Join the secret organization
Continue as they are until they are caught
Julia thinks that the bombing that happens during hate week is done by
Eastasia
Eurasia
Oceania/The Party
The Brotherhood
When Winston runs into O'brien,
he gets another secret message
he discovers his thoughts about him are wrong
Winston learns O'brien is also with Julia
Winston thinks O'brien might be thought police
O'brien invites Winston to see the Newspeak dictionary because
Winston is so good at his job
There are lots of new words
it is an opportunity to give Winston his address
it is important to the Inner Party
The clue that O'brien gives Winston is
the secret handshake
a Newspeak code word
he mentions Syme a newly vaporized non-person
a new breifcase
Julia tells Winston that the party can
make you say anything and believe anything—anything— they can get inside you
can make you say anything—anything—but they can’t make you believe it. They can’t get inside you
can make you love anyone and believe anything
can't make you love, say or believe anything—anything— they can't get inside you
At O'brien's Julia and Winston can drink, smoke and speak openly because
there is no telescreen
as a member of the Inner Party he can turn off the telescreen
O'brien's servant gives them complicated disguises
O'brien's servant blocks the telescreen
O'brien gives Winston a copy of Goldstien's book
while they are in the room
to translate into Newspeak
at work during the Two Minute Hate
in an elaborate plan using an old briefcase
Goldstein's manifesto is titled:
“The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism”
“The Theory and Practice of Democratic Collectivism”
“The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Communism”
“The Theory and Practice of Patriarchal Anarchism”
Winston reads the book to Julia and
she feels like she already knows all of it
she falls asleep
she thinks it is a fake and a set up
she wants to go back to see O'brien for more secrets
Winston says, "We are the dead" and:
(choose all that apply)
Julia repeats him.
The lady in the alley sings it back.
A mysterious voice repeats, "You are the dead".
Mr. Charrington whispers it through the keyhole.
Mr. Charrington is
thought police and there was always a hidden telescreen
thought police and hid a mic in the coral crystal
creepily spied on them through the rat hole.
actually Emanuel Goldstein.
unrestrained self-indulgent immoral behavior
debauchery
perturb
ingratiate
hulking
"The apple doesn't fall far from the tree." This is an example of ______.
catharsis
truism
morale
complicity
In a matter-of-fact manner
Presage
Excuse
Prosaically
Salvage
having or showing a desire to cause harm to another person
malevolent(ly)
inaudible
proprietor
mercantile
a person who owns a business or property
feign(ed)
audible
inaudible
proprietor
increase rapidly in numbers; multiply
Collate
Unprocurable
Proliferate
Stratum
hooked or curved like an eagle's beak
Interminable
Aquiline
Sordid
Venerate
regard with great respect; revere
Depict
Sordid
Repudiate
Venerate
having many varied parts or aspects
Multifarious
Inscrutable
Reverberate
Fathom
collect and combine (texts, information, or sets of figures) in proper order
Proliferate
Interminable
Collate
Multifarious
something that kills pain
anodyne
harbinger
debacle
nuance
whipped, beaten
Confuddled
Flogged
Barricade
Brocade
Pugnaciously
hooked; shaped like an eagle
in an aggressive manner
ring sorrounding the head
shifty or secretive
Cadging
combatively
internal parts of the trunk of the body
using without intending to repay
shify or secretive
reverberation
excessive indulgance in pleasures
weariness, lack of energy
things that get in the way of making progress
sound that is reechoed
(n.) a job that provides income but requires little or no work
sinecure
requiem
politic
maladroit
state of being troubled in the mind; disturbed and upset
agitation
fortnight
vigil
hasten
a strong wind
vigil
hasten
gale
agitation
She used the ___________ getting a Coronavirus test to take the day off.
context
excrescence
crescendo
pretext
a gesture of respect or courtesy
obesisance
pallid
surcease
with great feeling
infallable
vehemently
apoplectic
encumbered
incapable of making mistakes
analogous
infallable
elucidate
acrimonious
verb, to release or disentangle from
constrict
extricate
encroach
calibrated
Some Puritan beliefs include: (multiple answers)
strong work ethic
self-reliance
frugality
education
The tenets of Puritanism tell us that the people were
God-centered
Afraid of God
Not concerned what God thought of them
pale from lack of light
falsifying
sapling
etiolated
vague
pale from lack of light
falsifying
sapling
etiolated
vague
A fictitious reason that conceals the real reason
Unperturbed
Vigil
Pretext
Penury
Grievously affected especially by disease
Afflicted
Awareness
Imitate
Cryptic
Make pale or sickly
Etiolate
Sacrifice
Endure
Logic
Doubt about the truth of something
Raise
Incredulity
Comfort
Leisure
Laugh at with contempt and derision
Suspicion
Intent
Condemn
Jeer
In a matter-of-fact manner
Presage
Excuse
Prosaically
Salvage
Active strength of body or mind
Avenge
Fugitive
Impressive
Vigor
Unnecessary and unwarranted
Gratuitous
Adrenaline
Stealth
Scour
Ministry of Love deals with?
Law and Order
Pornography
Marriage
Raising Children
Ministry of Truth deals with:
Propoganda
Hate
Education
Housing
Ministry of Plenty deals with:
Economic affairs
War
Love
Conformity
Ministry or Peace deals with:
War
Peace
Education
Food supplies
Telescreens are:
one way transmitters
two way transmitters
like computers
like Phones
What slogan is on every BB poster?
Big Brother is Watching You
War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
What are the 3 main Party slogans? (Choose 3)
War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
Sadness is Happiness
Death is Life
Newspeak is:
the official language of Oceania
a way to take notes
the official language of Eastasia
the way news broadcasters report
