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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are people brought to the Ministry of Love?
(a) To be made sane.
(b) To be given a fair trial.
(c) To be loved.
(d) To be executed.

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

3. According to Part 3, Chapter 6, who is Oceania at war with, and has always been at war with?
(a) Eurasia.
(b) Airstrip One.
(c) The FFCC.
(d) Eastasia.

4. Who does Winston say to give the rat torture to instead of him?
(a) Julia.
(b) Anyone else.
(c) Goldstein.
(d) O'Brien.

5. What was the only way for Winston to save himself in Part 3, Chapter 5?
(a) To slit his wrists with the smuggled razor blade.
(b) To become an Inner Party member like O'Brien.
(c) To hand over information about the Brotherhood.
(d) To put somebody between himself and the rats.

6. What was smashed during the arrest of Winston and Julia?
(a) The bed.
(b) The paperweight.
(c) Julia's knee.
(d) Winston's ego.

7. What will happen thirty seconds after Winston leaves O'Brien's house?
(a) The Thought Police will arrive.
(b) O'Brien will continue working.
(c) A revolution will start.
(d) It will rain.

8. What is the object of power, according to O'Brien?
(a) Power.
(b) Stability in society.
(c) Money.
(d) Warfare.

9. What differentiates the way O'Brien speaks from other Inner Party members?
(a) An odd humourous tone.
(b) A warm welcoming manner.
(c) A strange sort of tick.
(d) A peculiar grave courtesy.

10. Julia is only a rebel __________.
(a) Without a cause.
(b) From the waist down.
(c) In disguise.
(d) As much as Winston is.

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

12. If independent thought and a diary are the first step, what is the last step?
(a) Revolution.
(b) Peace.
(c) The Ministry of Love.
(d) Leadership.

13. What is the reason for O'Brien's encounter with Winston?
(a) There is no reason for the encounter.
(b) So O'Brien can give Winston his address.
(c) So O'Brien can warn Winston about information the Thought Police have on him.
(d) So O'Brien can give Winston a book.

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

15. How does one man assert his power over another, as stated in Part 3, Chapter 3?
(a) Suffering.
(b) Repression.
(c) Bribery.
(d) Execution.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Winston feel towards Big Brother?

3. What does the Party claim to have invented?

4. What is the only thing Winston and Julia are not capable of doing?

5. What does the area where Inner Party members live smell like?

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