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1984 by George Orwell
1984 by George Orwell
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1
What was George Orwell's real name?
Eric Snow
Eric Blair
Terrence Buskington
Timothy Snead
2
What is the last line of the St. Clement's Church song?
Here comes a chopper to chop off your head!
Until the mousetrap goes snap! On your head!
Here comes Big Brother to step on your shoe!
Here comes the Party, dear Winston, you're dead!
3
What is a telescreen?
a type of drone that looms over Airstrip One
a television that knows what you want to watch
a wall that shows movies 24 hours a day
a two way screen that receives and transmits at the same time
4
What organisation urges children to turn their parents over to the authorities?
The Outer Party
The Committee of Oceanian Patriotism
The Party Youth
The Junior Spies
5
Winston has a memory of running away from his mother and sister and stealing what from them?
a diary
chocolate
clothing
money
6
Winston Smith works at...
The Ministry of Truth
Ministry of Peace
Ministry of Love
Ministry of Plenty
7
Besides Oceania, what are the two countries that make up the rest of the Earth?
Eurasia and Eastasia
Eastasia and Africasia
Australiasia and Americom
Eurasia and Australiasia
8
The purpose of the Ministry of Love is to...
maintain economic affairs
maintain news, entertainment, education, fine arts
deal with issues of war and conflict
maintain law and order
9
Which of the following characters is secretly a member of the thought police?
Mr Charrington
Syme
Winston
Julia
10
What is the name for the mass rally held every day?
The Ten Minutes Hate
The Two Minutes Hate
The Daily Rage
The Two Minutes Rage
11
Who really wrote the manifesto that O'Brien gives to Winston?
Emmanuel Goldstein
Big Brother
Ayn Rand
O'Brien
12
Where do Winston and Julia make love for the first time?
Trafalgar Square
The room above the antiques shop
The forest
The beach
13
Who turns Parsons in to the Thought Police?
His wife
His children
O'Brien
Julia
14
To what organisation does Julia belong?
The Junior Anti-Sex League
The Two Minutes Hate Committee
The Inner Party
The Junior Spies
15
At the end of Chapter 1 what is Winston frantically writing in his diary when there is a knock on the door?
I AM BIG BROTHER!
DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER!
I LOVE BIG BROTHER!
I DO NOT BELONG IN THIS WORLD!
16
How old was George Orwell when he knew he should be a writer
around the age of five or six
around the age of 44 or 50
around the age of 30
around the age of 14 or 15
17
Newspeak is....
constant news reports communicated through the telescreen
text to talk
the font used by Winston to write the news
the official language of Oceania.
18
How old is Julia?
35
32
26
30
19
Winston's job at the Ministry of Truth involves...
Change the news to suit himself
rewriting the past to conform to the needs of The Party
Go through every news article in history and expose fake news
Write news stories that expose the truth about The Party
20
Where is the telescreen hidden in the room above Mr Charrington's shop?
Behind the poster of Big Brother
Behind the picture of St Clement's
Under the bed
Behind the light fixture
21
Where does Winston Smith live?
Victory Mansions
Victory Parade
Victory Village
Victory Square
22
What happens to the glass paperweight?
Julia hides it under the mattress
It is shattered on the floor
It is confiscated by the Thought Police
O'Brien flings it out the window
23
This slogan is an example of....
hypocrisy
paradox
contradiction
24
What does O'Brien use to torture Winston in Room 101?
A cage full of rats
A laser heat machine
Hallucinogenic drugs
A machine that causes full-body physical pain
25
The punishment for keeping a diary in Oceania is...
life imprisonment
death or 25 years in a forced labour camp
public hanging
25 years in a forced labour camp
26
Winston commits thoughtcrime by writing which of the following in his diary?
I HATE BIG BROTHER
DEATH TO BIG BROTHER
DOWN WITH THE PARTY
DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER
27
What does Winston trace in the dust on the table at the end of the novel?
I love Julia
2+2=5
O'Brien
I love Big Brother
28
The psychological principal that allows an individual to believe contradictory ideas at the same time is called...
doublethink
doublemind
thoughtcrime
doublespeak
29
Which piece of evidence of the Party's dishonesty does Winston remember having come across several years earlier?
A recorded conversation of Goldstein admitting he the a Party leader
A diary containing O'Brien's secret confession that BB does not exist
A photograph proving that certain individuals did not commit a crime
A videotape showing Inner Party members burning historical documents
30
A combination of statements, ideas or features which are opposed to one another is...
a juxtaposition
a paradox
a hypocrisy
a contradiction
31
What does O'Brien say when Winston asks if he has been captured?
"They got me a long time ago."
"I am one of them."
"I'm afraid so."
"I would die before I would let that happen."
32
In what nation did Orwell work for the British Imperial Police?
Zanzibar
India
Burma
Bangladesh
33
In the world of '1984' if you commit a 'thoughtcrime' you will be...
arrested and taken in for 'questioning'
vaporized, abolished, annihilated
promoted within The Party
jailed or forced into a labour camp
34
As a young writer, George Orwell's literary ambitions were mixed up with feelings of...
wanting to win literary awards and public acclaim
being isolated and undervalued
a need to be loved
being confident and popular
35
A person/thing that combines contradictory features or qualities is...
a paradox
a hypocrisy
36
George Orwell believes the four great motives for writing are...
Provoking the public, knowing oneself, Seeing beauty in darkness, fame
money, security, recognition, creativity
Sheer egoism, Aesthetic enthusiasm, Historical impulse, political purpose
poverty, desperation, entertainment, politics
