Lit test 1984 part 2

Julia's belief that the government of Oceania is firing missiles at its own people to keep

them frightened is an example of:

C. Irony

Which of the following best describes the fundamental difference between how Julia's

and Winston's attitudes evolved?

B. Julia does not care about the difference between truth and lies.

Oxymoron is used in the paragraph that begins "Sometimes he talked to her..." on page 154 to

D. emphasize their helplessness against the Party.

Which rhetorical device appears in the sentence that begins "Every record has been

destroyed..." on page 155?

D. anaphora.

Which sentence best states the difference between Winston's and Julia's motives for

rebelling against the Party?

E. Julia is happy to achieve sensual satisfaction, while Winston desires a more intellectual level of dissidence.

The effect of the simile that closes this passage is that it

C. demonstrates the universal nature of the Party’s distortion of reality.

Based on this passage, which of the following best summarizes the role of the Thought

Police?

D. To rob Party members of any sense of privacy

Which of the following words BEST describes the tone of this passage?

E. resigned.

According to this passage, the great irony of the machine age is that machines

C. could have made people too equal to remain under the power of the governments that financed those machines.

What is the effect of the "wheels of industry" metaphor at the bottom of page 190?

B. To express the sense of constant motion that abounds in Airstrip One.

According to this passage, the function of wealth is to

C. keep power in the “hands of a small privileged caste.”

According to this passage, which of the following BEST summarizes the reason that

Oceania is constantly at war?

A. A nation at war is more likely to be willing to sacrifice material comforts.

The idea of doublethink best fits the definition of which literary device?

D. paradox

In the first paragraph of this passage, what two literary devices could be said to be

working against one another?

C. diction and tone.

Which device best describes the idea of the Two Minutes Hate?

E. euphemism.

Crimestop can best be described as the

A. ability to resist temptation.

D. intrinsic shutting down of the brain before committing heresy.

What do the two definitions of blackwhite have in common?

D. They both require the ability of crimestop.

According to the passage, how does the elimination of the past also eliminate

dissidence?

D. If the Party were ever wrong, that would be a fatal sign of weakness.

Which of the following could be said to be the closest similarity between the principles

of doublethink and those of our own modern media?

B. political leaders making campaign promises they do not intend to keep

What best describes the meaning of arrest as it appears near the bottom of page 214?

A. to stop