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1984 quiz

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Endless

a)

Inscrutable

b)

Annihilate

c)

Stratum

d)

Interminable

2.
What is Winston's job?
a)

serves food in the cafeteria

b)

changes and deletes historical records

c)

leads the revolution

3.
Newspeak is the only language whose vocabulary...
a)

decreases

b)

is literal

c)

combines words

4.

What is doublespeak?

a)

Speaking in two languages at once

b)

Betraying the Party

c)

Refusing to believe what you know is real

5.

How does O'Brien know that Winston is finally "cured"?

a)

Winston denies his own existence

b)

Winston betrays Julia

c)

Winston professes his love for O'Brien

6.

How does the image of Big Brother makes Winston feel at the end of the novel?

a)

Energetic and excited

b)

Scared and paranoid

c)

Safe and happy

7.

How is Martin unusual as a servant?

a)

He treats O'Brien and his guests very rudely

b)

He leaves the room and doesn't come back to serve

c)

He isn't a real servant and sits with them for the meeting

d)

He only does the opposite of what O'Brien tells him

8.

At first, how often do Winston and Julia meet?

a)

Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month

b)

Every other day

c)

Once a week

d)

Once a month

9.

At the conclusion, to whom does Winston pledge his loyalty?

a)

Himself

b)

Julia

c)

His family

d)

The Party

10.

What happens when a person is vaporized?

a)

They become a hero.

b)

They become an unperson.

c)

They are remembered forever.

d)

None of the above.

11.

How old is Winston at the beginning of the book?

a)

39

b)

40

c)

49

d)

50

12.

What is the party slogan?

a)

Big Brother is Bogus

b)

Big Brother is Bothered

c)

Big Brother is Everywhere

d)

Big Brother is Watching

13.

When was the book published?

a)

1984

b)

1949

c)

1959

d)

2024

14.

What was Ampleforth’s crime?

a)

He kept the word "God" in a Rudyard Kipling poem.

b)

He kept the word "Sir" in a Shakespeare poem.

c)

He kept the word "Hero" in a Langston Hughes poem.

d)

He kept the word "Devil" in a Newspeak poem.

15.

The Party perfected systems from which groups? Select 3.

a)

German Nazis

b)

Spanish Inquisition

c)

Russian Communists

d)

Italian Fascists

16.

Winston asks if Big Brother exists the same way that Winston exists. What is O’Brien’s response?

a)

Winston does not exist.

b)

Big Brother does not exist.

c)

O'Brien does not exist.

d)

Goldstein does not exist.

17.

According to O’Brien, what is the only reality that matters?

a)

The reality inside the human mind

b)

The reality that surrounds all people

c)

The reality written in history

d)

The reality of the future

18.

Why doesn’t it matter if Winston is cured or not through torture?

a)

He is going to die anyway

b)

He is going to escape

c)

He will never accept the Party's beliefs

d)

He will be saved by Goldstein

19.

What does Winston try to bottle up in Chapter 4?

a)

His hatred of Big Brother

b)

His true feelings towards Julia

c)

His love of Big Brother

d)

His love of Goldstein

20.

What does Winston do when O’Brien straps the cage of rats to his face?

a)

He betrays Julia

b)

He lets the rats attack him

c)

He cries out for his mother

d)

He declares his love of Big Brother

21.

What does Winston trace in the dust at the Chestnut Tree Cafe?

a)

2 + 2 = 5

b)

2 + 2 = 4

c)

DOWN WITH BB

d)

BB IS LIFE

22.

How does Winston feel about Julia after being released?

a)

He is repulsed by her

b)

He still loves her

c)

He hates her

d)

He somewhat likes her

23.

Winston remembers a happy moment with his mother and sister. How does he dismiss this memory?

a)

He thinks it is a false memory

b)

He thinks it's another lie from Goldstein

c)

He pushes it away in fear

d)

He blames O'Brien for losing his memory

24.

How does Winston feel about Big Brother now?

a)

He loves Big Brother

b)

He hates Big Brother

c)

He is indifferent towards Big Brother

d)

He wants to fight Big Brother

25.

How does O’Brien know about Winston’s dream?

a)

O'Brien read Winston's diary.

b)

O'Brien can actually read minds.

26.

Who arrives at Winston's apartment needing help with the plumbing?

a)

The Thought Police

b)

Mr. Parsons

c)

Mrs. Parsons

d)

The Junior Spies

27.

Orwell was inspired to write 1984

a)

As complete fantasy of a far-off, distant future


b)

As a how-to manual for best practices of a government


c)

As a cautionary tale after witnessing growing totalitarianism


d)

Simply because he was bored, creatively and artistically

28.

Where does Winston live?

a)

Islandia

b)
  1. Oceania

c)

Eurasia

d)

Eastasia

29.
  1. Winston works for Which Ministry?

a)
  1. The Ministry of Truth

b)
  1. The Ministry of Love

c)
  1. The Ministry of Plenty

d)
  1. The Ministry of Peace

30.
  1. How does the Party keep an eye on everyone?

a)
  1. The Secret Police

b)
  1. Camerbirds

c)
  1. Telescreens

d)

Satellite imagery

31.
  1. What is the official language of the Party?

a)
  1. Spanglish

b)
  1. Newspeak

c)
  1. Pig Latin

d)

Sanskrit

32.
  1. Which is NOT a slogan of the Party?

a)
  1. Freedom is slavery

b)
  1. War is peace

c)
  1. Love is hate

d)
  1. Ignorance is strength

33.

Who is targeted during the Two minutes of hate and why?

a)
  1. Julia- she betrayed the thought police

b)
  1. Big brother- he’s the leader of the people

c)
  1. Goldstein- he’s the enemy of the state

d)
  1. Comrade Syme- he did not remove the words from the dictionary

34.

Who is Martin?

a)

O’Brien’s brother

b)

O’Brien’s servant

c)

O’Brien’s roommate

35.

Who do Winston and Julia visit at the start of Chapter 8?

a)

Winston’s parents

b)

O’Brien

c)

Goldstein

d)

Big Brother

36.

Winston believes the Proles have “stayed human” while Party members like himself and Julia have not because the Proles still value individual relationships, private loyalties, and personal feelings.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

To whose health do Julia, Winston, O’Brien, and Martin drink to?

a)

Big Brother

b)

Goldstein

38.

Winston and Julia say that one thing they are not prepared to do is part from each other and never see each other again.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Before Winston and Julia leave O’Brien’s apartment, what does Winston suggest they drink to?

a)

Big Brother

b)

The past

c)

The Thought Police

40.

The two aims of the Party are “conquering the entire surface of the earth and extinguishing once and for all the possibility of independent thought.”

a)

True

b)

False

41.

The Party alters the past in order to convince people that they are better off than their ancestors. It also alters the past in order to present an image of itself as infallible, as changes in doctrine, policy, or alliance are seen as signs of weakness.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

not capable of being obtained; inaccessible

a)

Unprocurable

b)

Inscrutable

c)

Sordid

d)

Multifarious

43.

dirty or squalid; arousing moral distaste and contempt

a)

Depict

b)

Aquiline

c)

Sordid

d)

Unprocurable

44.

increase rapidly in numbers; multiply

a)

Collate

b)

Unprocurable

c)

Proliferate

d)

Stratum

45.

regard with great respect; revere

a)

Depict

b)

Sordid

c)

Repudiate

d)

Venerate

46.

having many varied parts or aspects

a)

Multifarious

b)

Inscrutable

c)

Reverberate

d)

Fathom

47.

collect and combine (texts, information, or sets of figures) in proper order

a)

Proliferate

b)

Interminable

c)

Collate

d)

Multifarious

48.

refuse to accept or be associated with

a)

Inscrutable

b)

Unprocurable

c)

Repudiate

d)

Sordid

49.

In which Ministry is Winston?

a)

Truth

b)

Love

c)

Peace

d)

Plenty

50.

What had the owner of the shop sold Winston before?

a)

a) A diary

b)

b) A bed

c)

c) A pen

d)

d) Razor blades

51.

What was special about the room that Charrington showed Winston?

a)

a) It had no windows

b)

b) There were lights in the ceiling

c)

c) There was no telescreen

d)

d) There were no rats

52.

What does the Party use to manipulate the past and control information?

a)

a) Telescreens

b)

b) Memory holes

c)

c) The Thought Police

d)

d) Proles