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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. In Part 1, Chapter 5, what is one of the latest, favorite phrases of the Ministry of Plenty?
(a) Our new, happy life.
(b) Our modern world in all its glory.
(c) Our only way forward.
(d) What's ours is yours.

2. What does the note left by the individual whom Winston sees in the hall say?
(a) I hate Big Brother.
(b) I love you.
(c) Milk, eggs, bread, cheese.
(d) They are watching you.

3. What smell is common to Winston's apartment building?
(a) Cabbage.
(b) Stewed beef.
(c) Garbage.
(d) Roses.

4. Who is the vaporized man Winston must delete from The Times?
(a) Withers.
(b) Blithers.
(c) Dithers.
(d) Smithers.

5. What concealed danger does Winston have to be careful of in the countryside?
(a) Thought Police.
(b) Rocketbombs.
(c) Microphones.
(d) Snipers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Newspeak name for people who have been vaporized?

2. What do Mrs. Parsons' children want to see in Part 1, Chapter 2?

3. What is there a shortage of in Oceania?

4. What is the name of the device Winston uses to write?

5. What is used only by the proles?

Short Essay Questions

1. What attracts Julia to Winston? Why is this attractive or necessary to her?

2. In your own words, how does Winston describe Mr. Parsons?

3. 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?

4. What might the woman singing in the street symbolizes?

5. Why does the Party turn a blind eye to prostitution? What type of sex will it not allow?

6. When Winston kisses Julia, he feels "incredulity and pride ... but he had no physical desire." Why do you think he feels this way? What does it reveal about why he needs Julia?

7. In Winston's dream, the man O'Brien says "We will meet in the place where there is no darkness." What do you think he meant by this?

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. Syme explains that the most important part of Newspeak is not the creation of new words, but the deletion of old words. Why might this be more important? What is the true purpose of Newspeak?

10. Why does Winston think Syme will be vaporized? What does Syme lack?

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