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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. What was the refugee woman doing in Winston's dream in Part 2, Chapter 7?
(a) Throwing a grenade.
(b) Shielding her child from bullets.
(c) Standing in front of a tank.
(d) Running away in panic.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Winston cry in Part 3, Chapter 6?

2. Why was Parsons arrested?

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

4. What does O'Brien show to Winston in Part 3, Chapter 2?

5. What should be the starting point to Winston's thoughts, as stated in Part 3, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Winston's betrayal reveal about his character? What do you think of him now?

2. How can Winston still achieve victory over the Party in Part 3, Chapter 4?

3. What "progress" has Winston made by Part 3, Chapter 4? What does Winston have to do before his re-education is complete?

4. How is the Brotherhood organized, and why?

5. What do Winston and Julia mean when they say "We are the dead?"

6. What is unusual about O'Brien? Do you think he can be trusted? Why or why not?

7. At the end of Part 2, Chapter 5, what does Winston realize about the Party and their orthodoxy? How does this relate to the everyday citizens of Oceania?

8. What does Winston admire about his mother?

9. What does Winston think the Party and the Ministry of Love can never do? Why?

10. Describe the forced-labor camps, according to the common criminals.

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