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1984 / US HISTORY

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The main character is Winston Smith.  He is about thirty-nine years old.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
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
6.
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
7.
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
8.
What date does the main character record into a diary?
a)
April 4th, 1948
b)
January 1, 1948
c)
April 4th, 1984
d)
No date is recorded 
9.
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
10.
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
11.
What does Utopia mean?
a)
ideal perfection
b)
a world where everything is bad
c)
corruption has overrun good intention
12.
Who is the principle traitor?
a)
Big Brother
b)
Winston
c)
Goldstein
13.
Winston and Julia have been released. Now what?
a)
They're in love!
b)
They don't feel the same way about each other.
c)
They get married.
d)
They don't remember who the other person is.
14.

1984 is a ____________ novel by George Orwell

a)

Utopian

b)

Dystopian

c)

Unitarian

d)

Dichotomic

15.
What is O'Brien attempting to teach Winston?
a)
The ways of the brotherhood
b)
To love Big Brother
c)
To hate Emanuel Goldstein
d)
To defy Julia
16.
What does Winston say in his sleep that shows that he is not entirely true to Big Brother?
a)
Julia!
b)
Down with Big Brother!
c)
Goldstein!
d)
Katherine!
17.
What is the purpose of the telescreen?
a)
To watch the citizens of Oceana
b)
To spread false information to the citizens of Oceana
c)
All of the above
d)
Neither of the above
18.
Which of the following correctly describes how the government keeps citizens under control?
a)
Telescreens and forced club participation
b)
Newspeak, telescreens, Thought Police and laws
c)
Telescreens, Newspeak, Thought Police, clubs, no laws and kids
d)
Having no written laws
19.
Which of the following correctly identifies the antagonist?
a)
Winston
b)
Julia
c)
O'Brien
d)
Big Brother
20.
Which prediction is most likely to happen?
a)
Julia and Winston leave the society and live together
b)
Winston and Julia start a rebellion
c)
Winston and Julia are caught
d)
Winston gives up and goes back to normal life
21.

spread of ideas for the purpose of helping or damaging a cause

a)

propaganda

b)

isolationism

c)

appeasement

d)

super bowl commercials

22.

spread of ideas for the purpose of helping or damaging a cause

a)

propaganda

b)

isolationism

c)

appeasement

d)

super bowl commercials

23.

France and Britain initially adopted this policy in response to Hitler's territorial expansion

a)

appeasement

b)

praise

c)

extermination

d)

interventionism

24.

Congress passed these acts to prevent US involvement in WW2

a)

neutrality acts

b)

isolationist acts

c)

Roosevelt Acts

d)

nuclear acts

25.

The main cause of the Red Scare was

a)

drinkers and bootleggers

b)

fear of communism

c)

Jazz Age and Harlem Renaissance

d)

Welfare Reform

26.

Organized crime was on the rise in the 1920s due to this

a)

prohibition

b)

farm prices

c)

child labor

d)

rising tariffs

27.

Which amendment resulted in speakeasies being established?

a)

Twenty-first

b)

Twentieth

c)

Nineteenth

d)

Eighteenth

28.

How was Henry Ford able to reduce the sale price of the Model T?

a)

with the use of the assembly line

b)

changing locations

c)

importing all raw materials

d)

increasing the wages of his workers

29.

Change in the constitution which gave women the right to vote.

a)

19th Amend

b)

18th Amed

c)

21st Amend

d)

1st Amed