1984 Ch.7 & 8

Ch.7

1. According to Winston, why won’t the proles rebel?
   a) They are too poor to care about politics.
   b) They are kept distracted by trivial things like sports, gambling, and alcohol.
   c) They are under constant surveillance.
   d) They are physically weaker than Party members.

2. What does Winston remember stealing from his sister?
   a) A toy
   b) A rationed piece of chocolate
   c) A diary
   d) A book

3. What does the Party claim to have invented?
   a) The airplane
   b) The steam engine
   c) The light bulb
   d) The telephone

4. How does Winston describe the proles' way of life?
   a) As completely hopeless
   b) As full of suffering and oppression
   c) As relatively free compared to Party members
   d) As intellectual and rebellious

5. What does doublethink allow Party members to do?
   a) Believe two contradictory ideas at the same time
   b) Think freely without restriction
   c) Forget about the Party’s control
   d) Speak against the Party without consequences

True or False

6. F Winston believes that the Party cannot be overthrown from within.

7. F The proles make up only 50% of the population of Oceania.

8. T Winston believes the Party’s control over history is what makes it powerful.

9. F The Thought Police monitor the proles just as strictly as Party members.

10. F The Party encourages independent thinking among its members.

Short Answer

11. How does the Party maintain control over the past, and why does this matter?

    1. They heavily manipulate the population by using doublethink. The party also rewrites history through the Ministry of Truth so no one can challenge their rule.

12. Why does Winston feel guilty about his past actions toward his mother and sister?

    1. idk

13. What role does doublethink play in ensuring loyalty to the Party?

    1. It ensures that there is only truth.

14. Why does the Party allow the proles to have more personal freedoms compared to Party members?

    1. They don’t have as much knowledge.

15. How does Winston contrast the lives of the proles with those of Party members?

    1. The proles are less monitored than those of the party.

16. What does Winston believe separates the proles from Party members?
    a) Their access to history books
    b) Their ability to feel emotions and live relatively normal lives
    c) Their higher intelligence
    d) Their political knowledge
    
    

17. Why does the Party not consider the proles a threat?
    a) They are too uneducated and distracted to rebel.
    b) They are physically weaker than Party members.
    c) They are too busy working in government positions.
    d) They are already secretly organizing against the Party.
    
    

18. What does Winston write in his diary about the Party’s control of truth?
    a) "Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four."
    b) "Big Brother is the only one who can save us."
    c) "Ignorance is strength."
    d) "War is peace."
    
    

19. Why does Winston admire the proles?
    a) They have kept their humanity—they love, feel, and express emotions.
    b) They are highly educated and aware of Party lies.
    c) They are secretly working to overthrow the government.
    d) They have better jobs than Party members.
    
    

20. What does Winston realize about the Party’s control over history?
    a) The Party destroys and rewrites history, so no one knows what’s true.
    b) The Party tells some lies, but most of history is accurate.
    c) People are allowed to question history freely.
    d) History is stored in the Ministry of Love for everyone to access.
    
    

True or False

6. F The proles are heavily monitored and have no personal freedoms.

7. T The Party believes controlling history is essential for controlling people’s thoughts.

8. T Winston believes that if the proles ever became aware of their power, they could overthrow the Party.

9. F The Party lets proles marry for love, while Party members are only allowed relationships approved by the state.

10. T Winston believes doublethink allows the Party to maintain control over reality.

Short Answer

11. Why does Winston believe the Party’s control over history is so dangerous?

    1. They can control the way people think through rewriting history.

12. What emotions does Winston associate with the proles that Party members lack?

    1. Their humanity and they can still love.

13. How does the Party’s rewriting of history make rebellion almost impossible?

    1. They manipulate people into thinking that they are the best party.

14. Why does Winston admire the proles’ way of life despite their ignorance?

    1. The proles live an ordinary life.

15. What does Winston’s memory of stealing chocolate from his sister reveal about his past and his guilt?

    1. He is guilty.

Ch.8

16. Where does Winston wander at the beginning of Chapter 8?
    a) The Ministry of Love
    b) The countryside outside of Oceania
    c) A prole district
    d) The Inner Party headquarters
    
    

17. What does Winston buy from Mr. Charrington’s shop?
    a) A telescreen
    b) A glass paperweight
    c) A forbidden book
    d) A Party uniform
    
    

18. What song does the old prole woman outside the shop sing?
    a) The Party’s national anthem
    b) A song about love and lost dreams
    c) A patriotic war chant
    d) A nursery rhyme about Big Brother
    
    

19. What does Winston ask the old prole man in the pub?
    a) If he remembers life before the Party took control
    b) If he wants to rebel against Big Brother
    c) If he knows where Julia is
    d) If he has seen Goldstein recently
    
    

20. Why is Winston frustrated after talking to the old prole man?
    a) The man is too drunk and only talks about insignificant details.
    b) The man gets arrested before he can answer Winston’s questions.
    c) The man tells Winston that he fully supports Big Brother.
    d) The man refuses to speak to Winston at all.
    
    

21. What is the significance of the room Winston sees above Mr. Charrington’s shop?
    a) It reminds him of his childhood home.
    b) It has no telescreen, making it a place of privacy.
    c) It is a secret Party meeting place.
    d) It is rumored to be where rebels gather.
    
    

22. What is Mr. Charrington’s attitude toward Winston’s interest in the past?
    a) He is suspicious of Winston’s motives.
    b) He seems supportive and even recites an old nursery rhyme.
    c) He warns Winston to forget about history.
    d) He reports Winston to the Thought Police immediately.
    
    

23. What does Winston realize about the proles’ knowledge of history?
    a) They are unaware of how the world used to be before the Party.
    b) They are secretly preserving old books and documents.
    c) They actively spread anti-Party messages.
    d) They remember history perfectly and share it with Winston.
    
    

True or False

9. T Winston feels a strong sense of security in the prole district.

10. T The old man in the pub provides Winston with clear, helpful information about the past.

11. ___ Mr. Charrington encourages Winston’s curiosity about history.

12. ___ The glass paperweight symbolizes Winston’s desire to connect with the past.

13. ___ The proles are highly organized and actively working against the Party.

14. ___ Winston admires the proles because they still experience emotions and live freely.

15. ___ Winston and Julia meet for the first time in Mr. Charrington’s shop.

Short Answer

16. Why does Winston go to the prole district?

17. How does the old man in the pub disappoint Winston?

18. What does Winston’s purchase of the glass paperweight symbolize?

19. What is significant about the room above Mr. Charrington’s shop?

20. Why does Winston believe the proles are the key to overthrowing the Party?