1984 test

What is the slogan on the posters that can be seen everywhere?

Big Brother is Watching You

For what Ministry does Winston work?

The Ministry of Truth

What are the 3 slogans of the Party?

War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.

What chronic physical problem does Winston have?

A varicose ulcer above is right ankle

What is the Two Minutes' Hate?

People gather around the telescreen as Emmanuel Goldstein is portrayed as an awful man. People get angry and start yelling at the screen. At the end, Big Brother's picture is shown and everyone sighs in relief.

What does Winston write over and over in his diary?

DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER

Describe Winston's visit to the Parsons' apartment. What do this episode and his thoughts afterwards tell us about the children of this society?

Mrs. Parsons asked him to unclog her sink. He did, and as he was leaving her 9 year old son stopped him. He and his little sister were yelling "Traitor!" and "You're a thought-criminal!" They were dressed in the uniform of the Spies. They were upset because they couldn't go to the hanging. When he walked out the door the second time, the boy shot something at him with a catapult. The society is almost like children are controlling the adults. The adults are scared of their "child heroes." No one can talk about what they are really thinking.

What are the three Party mottoes?

War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strenght

What does Winston have to do every morning when he first gets up?

The Physical Jerks

How does the Party know whether or not he participates in his morning activities?

They can see him through the telescreen.

The world is now divided into three enormous countries. What are they?

Eurasia, Eastasia, and Oceania

What is Winston's job at the Ministry?

He takes past documents (what really happened) and changes them to include Big Brother.

What is Syme's job?

He was a philologist who worked on the Research Department. He is currently working on making another Newspeak dictionary.

What is Newspeak?

The language of the Party. It is designed to narrow the range of thought. The vocabulary gets smaller every year, it destroys words instead of making new ones. There will be no possible way of committing thoughtcrime when they get through developing Newspeak.

What is Winston's relationship to Katherine?

She was his wife. They didn't truly love each other. They were only together to have a baby. When she realized she couldn't get pregnant, they separated.

What is the Party's policy on marriage?

No physical attraction. You are only married to produce more members of the Party.

Who are the "proles"?

The lower class. They make up 85% of the population.

For whom does Winston decide he is writing the diary?

O'Brien

Where does Winston go walking after work?

All over London, mainly in the prole district

In his conversation with the old man in the pub, Winston is trying to get the old man to answer what question?

"Was life better before the Revolution than it is now?"

In the junk show where he had bought his diary, what else does Winston buy?

A glass paperweight with a piece of coral in the center

What does Mr. Charrington show Winston on the upper floor?

He shows Winston the apartment that he and his wife used to live in. There were no telescreens. There was a big picture of St. Clements church.

Whom does Winston see as he leaves the junk shop?

The dark haired girl

Who gives Winston a note, and what does it say?

The dark haired girl, "I love you"

How does Winston finally arrange to meet the dark haired girl?

In the canteen

What do the dark haired girl and Winston plan to do?

Meet in the Victory Square where there are no telescreens and there is a large crowd.

Where do Winston and Julia meet?

In the countryside far out of town

What is Julia's attitude toward the Party?

She hates it, but accepts it. She makes the best of a situation that can't really be improved.

Where does Julia work?

The Fiction Department

What is Julia's philosophy about the reason the Part is "anti-sex"?

The Party doesn't want you to experience any kind of inner happiness.

How has the Party warped the parent-child relationship?

The Party turns children against their parents

Where does Winston arrange for them to meet in chapter IV?

In Mr. Charrington's upper apartment

What does Julia bring to the meeting?

Sugar, coffee, and bread (usually only luxuries of the inner Party)

When she tells Winston to turn around, what does she put on her face?

Makeup

Who suddenly vanishes from the Ministry of Truth?

Syme

Summarize Julia's responses when Winston tries to talk to her about the way the Party rewrites history.

She doesn't really care about the past. She isn't concerned about it at all.

Why does O'Brien invite Winston to his apartment?

To give him a Newspeak dictionary

What does Winston remember snatching from his little sister?

Chocolate

What does Winston proclaim to be the difference between the proles and the Party members?

The proles are still human, but the Party members have suppressed their feelings for so long that they are "inhuman"

Why do Winston and Julia go to O'Brien's apartment?

To tell him that they wish to join the Brotherhood

Who is Martin?

O'Brian's servant

Winston and Julia say they will do anything for the Brotherhood except what?

Separate and never see each other again

What does Winston take to the apartment to read?

Goldstein's

What is "doublethink"?

The power to hold 2 contradicting beliefs in one's mind and being able to accept both of them at the same time

Where are Winston and Julia when they are arrested?

In Mr. Charrington's old apartment

How does Parsons end up in the cell with Winston?

He is turned in by his own children for committing thoughtcrime.

What room is mentioned repeatedly with the implication that it is a horrible place?

Room 101

What does Winston learn about Julia?

She immediately betrayed him.

According to O'Brien, what is the Party's only interest?

absolute, endless, and limitless power

What is the one degradation Winston says he has not experienced?

He didn't betray Julia

Why is Winston taken to Room 101?

He must learn to love Big Brother, not just obey him

What is Winston's greatest fear and how is it being used against him?

Rats; if he betrays Julia, he will not be attacked by the rats

What is Winston's life like after he is released from the Ministry of Love?

He accepts everything the Party says and does, like everyone else.

What does Winston finally achieve?

A love for Big Brother