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

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

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

4. What does the area where Inner Party members live smell like?
(a) Good food and good tobacco.
(b) Good food and good coffee.
(c) Good food and good friends.
(d) Good food and good wine.

5. Where has Winston failed to make progress by Part 3, Chapter 4?
(a) Emotionally.
(b) Physically.
(c) Mentally.
(d) Intellectually.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Winston steal from his baby sister?

2. What does the cage door do in Part 3, Chapter 5?

3. What will be the one certain thing about Winston's death?

4. If independent thought and a diary are the first step, what is the last step?

5. Who does Julia think is really launching the rocketbombs?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the most important theme of Nineteen Eighty-Four, and why?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Winston think O'Brien will say is the reason the Party seeks power?

8. How does Winston feel towards O'Brien in Part 3, Chapter 2? Why do you think this is?

9. When questioned by O'Brien, Winston and Julia state that they are willing to commit many crimes, including the killing of innocent people. Do you think this is justifiable, given the terrible nature of the Party?

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

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