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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Winston's most important task of the day in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) To rewrite a story about Goldstein.
(b) To fix the grammar in a story about the Eurasian front.
(c) To correct a speech by Big Brother.
(d) To get lunch for his boss.

2. What does Ampleforth have a talent for juggling?
(a) Poetry and prose.
(b) Brightly colored balls.
(c) Print and punctuation.
(d) Rhymes and meters.

3. What keeps falling on London?
(a) Rocketbombs.
(b) Dogs and cats.
(c) Acid rain.
(d) Airplanes.

4. Where does Winston work?
(a) The Ministry of Justice.
(b) The Ministry of Love.
(c) The Ministry of Fear.
(d) The Ministry of Truth.

5. What is used only by the proles?
(a) Soap.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Hand tools.
(d) Perfume.

6. What doesn't Winston give Ogilvy?
(a) The Silver Cross.
(b) The Order of Oceania.
(c) The Order of Conspicuous Merit.
(d) The Keys to the City.

7. Who are the first two people Winston dreams about in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) His wife and son.
(b) His brother and sister.
(c) His mother and sister.
(d) His mother and father.

8. Why did Parsons' daughter report a man to the police?
(a) He was wearing strange shoes.
(b) He was a member of the Brotherhood.
(c) They heard him swearing at Big Brother.
(d) He was from Eurasia.

9. What is Winston doing at the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 6?
(a) Writing in his diary.
(b) Going for a walk.
(c) Dreaming.
(d) Working.

10. How much does it cost for a nip of gin at the canteen?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) Twenty-five cents.
(c) One dollar.
(d) Ten cents.

11. What newspaper does Winston re-write?
(a) The Post.
(b) The Times.
(c) The Journal.
(d) The Sun.

12. What does one of the Parsons children use to hit Winston in the neck?
(a) A rock.
(b) A catapult.
(c) A slingshot.
(d) A pellet gun.

13. What does Winston decide to do with the prostitute?
(a) Have sex with her.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Kill her.
(d) Pay her to not tell anyone he was there.

14. What is the name of the television-like appliance constantly watching Oceania's citizens?
(a) The televisionary.
(b) The viewscreen.
(c) The telescreen.
(d) The eye of Big Brother.

15. What do Parsons' children to do the old market-woman?
(a) Shoot her cat with a catapult.
(b) Kick her in the shins.
(c) Steal her money.
(d) Set her skirt on fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Winston write repeatedly in his diary after thinking about the Two Minutes Hate?

2. What is Parsons collecting money for in Part 1, Chapter 5?

3. How does Victory Gin smell?

4. What does Julia think is behind the picture in Part 2, Chapter 4?

5. "Thoughtcrime does not entail death: ___________________"

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