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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Oceania recently have a military victory?
(a) North America.
(b) South India.
(c) North Africa.
(d) East Asia.

2. What ailment does Winston suffer from?
(a) A varicose ulcer.
(b) Varicose veins.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Swollen lymph nodes.

3. What does Julia call the only safe way to talk in public?
(a) Sign language.
(b) Pick-up.
(c) Broken telephone.
(d) Talking by installments.

4. What edition of the Newspeak dictionary is currently being written?
(a) The Second.
(b) The Tenth.
(c) The Eleventh.
(d) The Thirteenth.

5. What is the minimum age for joining the Spies?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Nine.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Winston work?

2. What is the name of the waste paper disposal chute in Winston's workplace?

3. What is the prole woman doing outside the window in Part 2, Chapter 4?

4. "Thoughtcrime does not entail death: ___________________"

5. "The Revolution will be complete when the ______ is perfect."

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Winston was unable to prevent himself from having sex with the prostitute?

2. "All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary." What is a palimpsest, and why do you think the author used this word?

3. Describe Winston's marriage. Why did he separate from his wife?

4. Winston feels the worst things about life in Oceania are not its "cruelty and insecurity," but "its bareness, its dinginess, its listlessness." Why might he feels this way?

5. Where does Winston work, and what is his job? Why does he have to do this?

6. Who was comrade Ogilvy, and what was he like? How did he supposedly die?

7. The sandy-haired woman in the cubicle next to Winston spends all day deleting any record of people who have been "vaporized," even though her own husband had been killed this way. How do you think she felt when she deleted her own husband's name? Why does she continue to do this job?

8. Doublethink is believing that something is true when you know it is false. Do you really think that doublethink is possible? Can you find any examples of doublethink in the real world?

9. What is the difference between Winston and Julia's feelings about their future?

10. Why doesn't Winston kill the girl with the dark hair? Who else doesn't he kill for very similar reasons?

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