1984 test

thomas More wrote Utopia in 1516 to make society aware of the social and political corruption in England under the Tudors. Since then, what has the term "utopia" has come to represent?

a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions

George Orwell is a "pen name" or pseudonym adopted by the author of 1984. what is the real birth name of the author?

Eric Arthur Blair

Winston's job is to rectify the original figures and information in the Times by making them agree with later ones. What party policy does his job perpetuate?

reality control

what is the setting of the novel?

The novel is set in London, which is the main city of Airstrip one, a province of the country of Oceania

this newspeak word represents "the essential crime that contains all others in itself"

thoughtcrime

In room 101, O'Brien says to Winston:

"Do you begin to see, then, what kind of world we are creating? It is the exact opposite of the stupid hedonistic ____________ that the old reformers imagined. A world of fear and treachery and torment, a world of trampling and being trampled upon, a world which will grow not less but more merciless as it refines itself"

utopias

George Orwell worked in Spain as a newspaper reporter during the Spanish Civil War, served as a sergeant in the Home Guard in England during WWII, and worked as a broadcast journalist for the British Broadcasting Company (BBC). These experiences most likely influenced him to write:

1984, a warning against the dangers of totalitarian society

Which of the following is NOT a party slogan in the novel 1984?

FREEDOM IS SLAVERY

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

LOVE IS HATE

WAR IS PEACE

love is hate

Benito Mussolini described this specific form of government as "all within the state, none outside the state, none against the state"

totalitarianism

"Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don't care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones. Not me! Julia! Not me!" What major theme of the novel does this quote represent

loyalty versus betrayal

"The party claimed, of course, to have liberated the proles from bondage. Before the revolution they had been hideously oppressed by the capitalists...But simultaneously, true to the principles of _________, the Party taught that the proles were natural inferiors who must be kept in subjection."

doublethink

"the fabulous statistics continued to pour out of the telescreen. As compared with last year there was more food, more clothes, more furniture, more cooking pts, more fuel, more ships, more helicopters, more books, more babies,-- more of everything except disease crime and insanity"

this party announcement is an example of_____?

Reality Control

the name "big brother" most closely relates to what tactic used by historical figures such as Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin?

cult of personality

what crime does the main character commit when he opens the diary and writes "DOWN WITH THE BIG BROTHER" in it?

thoughtcrime

showing an expression of surprise or disbelief when a war victory is announced would be an example of _______?

Facecrime

The following passage is the opening passage from Kurt Vonnegut Jr's short story "Harrison Bergeron"

"The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren't only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General"

what element of dystopian literature does this passage best represent?

individuals are of little, if any consequence, the desire being for uniformity within the society

What does Winston write in his diary?

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

what bothers Winston more than the thought that he might be lunatic?

The thought that he might be the only lunatic left alive

Who is the "principle traitor, the earliest defiler of the Party's purity?

Emmanuel Goldstein

which of the following gives the organization of the party in the correct order, from top to bottom

Big Brother, the Inner Party, the Outer Party, the Proles

"The preparations for Hate Week were in full swing, and the staffs of all the Ministries were working overtime. Processions, meetings, military parades, lectures, waxwork displays, film shows, telescreen programs all had to be organized; stands had to be erected, effigies built, slogans coined, songs written, rumors circulated, photographs faked"

This passage represents the Party's use of _______

propoganda

During their meeting, O'Brien says Winston will receive _______

a copy of Goldstein's book

According to "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism" what is the aim of modern warfare?

to raise the standard of living

What is the final, most essential command of the Party?

The party tells people to reject the evidence of their eyes and ears

Winston tells Julia the real betrayal will be if they can be made to _________

Stop loving each other

What does Winston discover about Mr. Charrington?

He is a member of the Thought Police.

What does Winston find out about The Book?

O'Brien wrote part of the book

What is in room 101?

Whatever the prisoner fears most

"A new poster had suddenly appeared all over London. It had no caption, and represented simply the monstrous figure of a Eurasian soldier, three or four meters high, striding forward with expressionless Mongolian face and enormous boots, a submachine gun pointed from his hip"

This passage from 1984 most nearly corresponds with:

World War II propaganda depicting the Japanese as dark, treacherous murderers

Winston and Julia meet after they have been released. How do they react to each other?

They do not feel the same anymore

Why is the chocolate bar important?

It symbolizes Winston's past. Realizations, regrets and how he stole his sisters chocolate

Why is the Newspaper photo of the three men important?

Proves that the party was lying

Why is a diary important?

Proof that the party is lying about where they were in the trial; also symbolizes rebellion against Big Brother

Who said the following quote and why is it important?

"If you keep the small rules, you can break the big ones"

-Julia said this to Winston

-It was a part of her plan to keep Winston involved in Big Brother activities while also having an illegal affair

Who said the following quote and why is it important?

"It's a beautiful thing - the destruction of words"

Who said the following quote and why is it important?

"We are the dead"

-Said by Winston

-It seems that Winston having decided to take on the party has already come to see himself as a corpse

Who said the following quote and why is it important?

"We will meet again in a place where there is no darkness"

-O'Brien says this to Winston in a dream and in real life

Describe:

Winston and Julia holding hands for the first time

This is how they fall in love. Winston knows Julia's hand just from always holding it in the crowd

Describe:

Winston and Julia's room above Charrington's place

It is the meeting spot where Winston and Julia spent time together and where their love affair began/symbolizes privacy and freedom from the party/love and intimacy

Describe:

the two minutes hate

Daily period in which the Party members must watch a film depicting the parties enemy and express hatred for the full two minutes (screaming, yelling, etc)

Name each of the ministries

The Ministry of Truth, The Ministry of Love, The Ministry of Peace and the Ministry of Plenty

what is the purpose of the ministry of truth?

Propaganda/To alter historical records to fit the Party agenda

what is the purpose of the ministry of love?

Law and order/responsible for torture

what is the purpose of the ministry of peace?

Responsible for handling War and how it is displayed

what is the purpose of the ministry of plenty?

responsible for rationing all resources

According to O'Brien, what is in Room 101 in general? What is this for Winston in particular?

Room 101 is a torture chamber responsible for expelling your greatest fear; to Winston that was rats

Describe what happens when Winston and Julia meet after they have been released. Include the verse that Winston hears

They realize how broken they are and that they can't be together anymore especially because of their betrayal to one another.

"under the spreading chestnut tree - i sold you and you sold me"

according to the afterword, what are the mood and warning expressed in the novel 1984?

Mood: Near despair about the future of man

Warning: Unless the course of history changes man will become soulless, lose their most human qualities and become automatons without even realizing it

according to the afterword what warning is Orwell giving anyone who reads 1984?

we can become automatons because of doublethink/warning us about the government taking over