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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Winston think he is at the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 1?
(a) In O'Brien's office.
(b) The Ministry of Love.
(c) In transit to the labor camps.
(d) Dead, in hell.

2. What does Winston's bed feel like in Part 3, Chapter 2?
(a) Heaven.
(b) A bed of nails.
(c) A camp bed.
(d) A slab of granite.

3. What is the name of O'Brien's servant, and where does Winston think he is from?
(a) Stephen, from North America.
(b) Antonio, from Europe.
(c) Martin, from Asia.
(d) Sven, from Sweden.

4. Who does Julia think is really launching the rocketbombs?
(a) Eurasia.
(b) The proles.
(c) The Brotherhood.
(d) The Party.

5. Who wrote Goldstein's book?
(a) Goldstein.
(b) Big Brother, and O'Brien edited it.
(c) O'Brien, by himself.
(d) O'Brien, with collaborators.

6. What bone is Winston especially afraid will break in Part 3, Chapter 2?
(a) His skull.
(b) His femur.
(c) His collarbone.
(d) His spine.

7. How do the proles normally feel about the war?
(a) Enthusiastic.
(b) Curious.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Apathetic.

8. In Part 2, Chapter 5, who has been vaporized?
(a) Syme.
(b) Ampleforth.
(c) Parsons.
(d) O'Brien.

9. To what organization does Mr. Charrington really belong?
(a) The Thought Police.
(b) The Ministry of Truth.
(c) The FFCC.
(d) The Brotherhood.

10. What does everybody do when tortured?
(a) Scream.
(b) Confess.
(c) Repent their sins.
(d) Bleed to death.

11. What does the Party claim to have invented?
(a) Spaceships.
(b) The wheel.
(c) Airplanes.
(d) Fire.

12. What does the cage door do in Part 3, Chapter 5?
(a) Fail to open due to rust.
(b) Click shut.
(c) Close on one of the rats, saving Winston.
(d) Jam.

13. How does Winston feel towards Big Brother?
(a) He is mystified by him.
(b) He feels that he has become him.
(c) He loves him.
(d) He hates him.

14. What important word does not exist in Newspeak?
(a) Art.
(b) Love.
(c) Science.
(d) Why.

15. What is not statistical, as stated in Part 2, Chapter 8?
(a) Obedience.
(b) Sanity.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most feared place in the Ministry of Love?

2. According to Part 2, Chapter 7, what remains impregnable?

3. Who is Oceania at war with in Part 2, Chapter 8?

4. What kind of pencil does O'Brien use?

5. How does one man assert his power over another, as stated in Part 3, Chapter 3?

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