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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Winston realize about secrets?
(a) That you must keep them from yourself.
(b) That they can never be kept.
(c) That they are the last refuge of mankind.
(d) That they burned holes in your consciousness.

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

3. By Part 2, what is waiting for Winston?
(a) Julia.
(b) The grave.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Lunch.

4. What are the three stages to Winston's reintegration?
(a) Learning, understanding, acceptance.
(b) Introduction, intermission, conclusion.
(c) Torture, brainwashing, death.
(d) Pain, receiving, enlightenment.

5. What has it taken Winston forty years to learn the nature of?
(a) His personal rebellion.
(b) The war.
(c) Big Brother's smile.
(d) The meaning of love.

6. What kind of pencil does O'Brien use?
(a) Sketching.
(b) Gold plated.
(c) Charcoal.
(d) Gold ink.

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

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

9. What does Mr. Charrington order the officers to do in Part 2, Chapter 10?
(a) Kill Julia.
(b) Pick up the pieces of the paperweight.
(c) Stand down.
(d) Let them go.

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

11. How long has O'Brien been watching Winston?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Four months.
(c) Ten years.
(d) His entire life.

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

13. What does O'Brien show to Winston in Part 3, Chapter 2?
(a) The photograph of Julia's corpse.
(b) The photograph of Big Brother.
(c) The photograph of the three Party members.
(d) The photograph of his mother and sister.

14. What makes Winston feel sick in Part 3, Chapter 4?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Gin.
(d) Cigarettes.

15. In Part 3, Chapter 6, what does Winston have plenty of these days?
(a) Free time to write.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Money.
(d) Guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Winston failed to make progress by Part 3, Chapter 4?

2. To what organization does Mr. Charrington really belong?

3. What is the reason for O'Brien's encounter with Winston?

4. By Part 3, Chapter 6, to what has Winston been appointed?

5. What is the name of O'Brien's servant, and where does Winston think he is from?

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