WorksheetsTotalitarianism and George Orwell's 1984
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
According to George Orwell, what is the moral to be drawn from the dangerous nightmare situation depicted in 1984?
Don't let it happen
Support it
Embrace it
Ignore it
What is totalitarianism?
A political system that values civil liberties
A political system that encourages individual autonomy
A political system that promotes freedom of thought
A political system that controls all aspects of life
Which political ideologies provided the ideological support for totalitarian rule in the 20th century?
Anarchism and conservatism
Capitalism and liberalism
Democracy and socialism
Communism and fascism
What is one of the characteristics of totalitarian regimes in the 20th century and in George Orwell's 1984?
Promoting freedom of thought
Encouraging individual autonomy
Crushing economic and civil liberties
Valuing civil liberties
How did totalitarian regimes maintain control over the populace in 1984?
By valuing civil liberties
By encouraging individual autonomy
By promoting freedom of thought
Through constant surveillance
What technology was used for surveillance in 1984?
Radio
Computer
Telephone
Telescreen
How did the citizens of 1984 contribute to mass-surveillance?
By watching and reporting on each other
By organizing resistance movements
By protesting against surveillance
By demanding privacy rights
What was the consequence of being reported for a thoughtcrime or facecrime in 1984?
Freedom of thought
Imprisonment
Rewards and recognition
Protection from the Party
What did totalitarian regimes in the 20th century and in 1984 use fear for?
To encourage individual autonomy
To promote freedom of thought
To value civil liberties
To control the population
How did totalitarian regimes in 1984 induce mental disorientation among the citizenry?
By promoting objective truth
By encouraging critical thinking
By valuing individual perspectives
By falsifying history
What was the purpose of falsifying history in totalitarian regimes?
To encourage critical thinking
To value individual perspectives
To preserve historical accuracy
To rid the society of past reference points
What did totalitarian regimes aim to destroy in order to control the citizenry?
The belief in subjective truth
The belief in individual perspectives
The belief in objective truth
The belief in critical thinking
What was the purpose of the program of psychological warfare in totalitarian regimes?
To value objective truth
To encourage individual perspectives
To promote critical thinking
To bewilder the mind of the average citizen
What did the main character Winston do at the end of 1984?
He started a revolution and overthrew the Party
He fought against the Party and escaped
He joined the totalitarian cult and loved Big Brother
He remained neutral and stayed out of the conflict
What was Orwell's motive for writing 1984?
To depress the readers
To promote fatalistic apathy
To predict a totalitarian future
To warn and rouse people to action
