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1984
George Orwell
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Winston Smith
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The Place Where There Is No Darkness
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1
of 25
1. How old is Julia?
26
30
32
35
2
of 25
2. Winston commits thoughtcrime by writing which of the following in his diary?
I HATE BIG BROTHER
DOWN WITH THE PARTY
DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER
DEATH TO BIG BROTHER
3
of 25
3. What piece of evidence of the Party’s dishonesty does Winston remember having coming across several years earlier?
A diary containing O’Brien’s secret confession that Big Brother does not exist
A videotape from a telescreen showing Inner Party members burning historical documents
A tape-recorded conversation of Emmanuel Goldstein admitting that he is a Party operative, not a Party enemy
A photograph proving that certain individuals were out of the country when they were allegedly committing a crime
4
of 25
4. What organization urges children to turn their parents over to the authorities?
The Party Youth
The Junior Spies
The Outer Party
The Committee of Oceanian Patriotism
5
of 25
5. The psychological principle that allows an individual to believe contradictory ideas at the same time is called what?
Doublemind
Thoughtcrime
Doublethink
Doublespeak
6
of 25
6. Who really wrote the manifesto that O’Brien gives to Winston?
Emmanuel Goldstein
Big Brother
Ayn Rand
O’Brien
7
of 25
7. What does O’Brien use to torture Winston in Room 101?
A cage full of rats
A laser heat machine
A machine that causes full-body physical pain
Hallucinogenic drugs
8
of 25
8. Where do Winston and Julia make love for the first time?
The room above the antiques shop
The forest
Trafalgar Square
The beach
9
of 25
9. What is the last line of the St. Clement’s Church song?
Here comes the Party, dear Winston, you’re dead!
Here comes Big Brother to step on your shoe!
Until the mousetrap goes snap! on your head!
Here comes a chopper to chop off your head!
10
of 25
10. What does Winston trace in the dust on the table at the end of the novel?
2 + 2 = 5
I love Big Brother
I love Julia
O’Brien
11
of 25
11. How many times does Julia claim to have had sex with Party members?
2
10
Scores
Hundreds
12
of 25
12. Which of the following characters is secretly a member of the Thought Police?
Winston
Mr. Charrington
Syme
Julia
13
of 25
13. What happens to the glass paperweight?
It is confiscated by the Thought Police.
Julia hides it under the mattress.
O’Brien flings it out the window.
It is shattered on the floor.
14
of 25
14. Where is the telescreen hidden in the room above Mr. Charrington’s shop?
Behind the picture of St. Clement’s
Under the bed
Behind the light fixture
Behind the poster of Big Brother
15
of 25
15. What is the name for the mass rally held every day?
The Two Minutes Rage
The Ten Minutes Hate
The Two Minutes Hate
The Daily Rage
16
of 25
16. Besides Oceania, what are the two countries that make up the rest of the Earth?
Eurasia and Australasia
Eurasia and Eastasia
Eastasia and Africasia
Australasia and Americom
17
of 25
17. What project is Syme working on at the beginning of the novel?
A pamphlet on Emmanuel Goldstein
A new slogan for the party
A revision of a children’s history book
A Newspeak dictionary
18
of 25
18. Who turns Parsons in to the Thought Police?
His children
Julia
His wife
O’Brien
19
of 25
19. What does O’Brien say when Winston asks if he has been captured?
“I would die before I would let that happen.”
“They got me a long time ago.”
“I’m afraid so.”
“I am one of them.”
20
of 25
20. To what organization does Julia belong?
The Junior Spies
The Two Minutes Hate Committee
The Inner Party
The Junior Anti-Sex League
21
of 25
21. Winston has a memory of running away from his mother and sister and stealing what from them?
Chocolate
Clothing
Money
A diary
22
of 25
22. The setting for Winston’s fantasy about Julia running toward him naked is
Eastasia
The place where there is no darkness
The Golden Country
Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe
23
of 25
23. In what nation did Orwell work for the British Imperial Police?
Bangladesh
Zanzibar
Burma
India
24
of 25
24. In what nation was Orwell born?
India
Bangladesh
Zanzibar
Burma
25
of 25
25. What was George Orwell’s real name?
Eric Snow
Terrence Buskington
Timothy Sneed
Eric Blair
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