1984 Part 1

Question 1

What is Winston's reaction to the person he sees as he is leaving the junk shop?

Accepted Answer

he is terrified

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT one of the Party slogans?

Accepted Answer

LOVE IS HATE

Question 3

What does the Party do to you if they consider you an enemy or if you commit a thoughtcrime?

Accepted Answer

torture and kill you

Question 4

Who are the Thought Police?

Accepted Answer

dark, dangerous enforcers

Question 5

Who is the protagonist?

Accepted Answer

Winston

Question 6

What does the large poster on all the buildings in town say?

Accepted Answer

Big Brother is Watching You

Question 7

Why does Winston want the journal?

Accepted Answer

he wants to leave a record for the past

Question 8

When was 1984 published?

Accepted Answer

1949

Question 9

What does Winston consider to be your "worst enemy?"

Accepted Answer

your nervous system

Question 10

What is the ability to have two opposite thoughts at the same time, and accept both of them?

Accepted Answer

doublethink

Question 11

Where does Winston work?

Accepted Answer

Ministry of Truth

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of the mood in the story?

Accepted Answer

comforting

Question 13

What device does the Party use to watch people at work and at home?

Accepted Answer

telescreens

Question 14

Who does Winston see as he is leaving the junk shop?

Accepted Answer

the girl with dark hair

Question 15

What "beautiful thing" does Winston find in the junk shop?

Accepted Answer

a glass paperweight with coral

Question 16

Who is Comrade Ogilvy?

Accepted Answer

Winston's made up hero

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a description of life for the proles?

Accepted Answer

free healthcare

Question 18

Who does Winston come to think he is writing the journal for?

Accepted Answer

O'Brien

Question 19

What is the main conflict in the novel?

Accepted Answer

Winston vs. the Party

Question 20

What is the aim of Newspeak?

Accepted Answer

narrow the range of thought

Question 21

How does Julia able to rebel while doing things like eating chocolate and having affairs?

Accepted Answer

She acts like the perfect party member

Question 22

What does the note from Julia say?

Accepted Answer

I love you

Question 23

Who is Big Brother?

Accepted Answer

the leader of the Party

Question 24

What does Winston discover about the room above the junk shop?

Accepted Answer

there is no telescreen

Question 25

Which party member does Winston think he can trust?

Accepted Answer

O'Brien

Question 26

Why does Winston call his wife "the human soundtrack?"

Accepted Answer

she recites Party lines

Question 27

What does Winston think will happen to Syme?

Accepted Answer

he will be vaporized

Question 28

Where is the novel set?

Accepted Answer

London, Oceania

Question 29

What is the function of the Ministry of Love?

Accepted Answer

to maintain law and order

Question 30

What makes Winston feel "alone in the possession of a memory?"

Accepted Answer

only he remembered chocolate rations were lowered

Question 31

How does Winston think the Party can be overthrown?

Accepted Answer

the proles could come together to destroy it

Question 32

Who is Emmanuel Goldstein?

Accepted Answer

the Enemy of the People

Question 33

What is the Two-Minute Hate?

Accepted Answer

a daily ritual, a ritual Winston feels conflicted about, mandated rage directed at enemies of the Party, all of the above

Question 34

What does Winston's job entail?

Accepted Answer

making historical "corrections" for the party

Question 35

What is the Lottery?

Accepted Answer

a trick game set up by the Party, something to keep the Proles happy

Question 36

What crime is Winston committing when he writes in the journal?

Accepted Answer

thoughtcrime

Question 37

Who wrote 1984?

Accepted Answer

George Orwell

Question 38

What is ironic about the Ministry of Love building?

Accepted Answer

its appearance is frightening

Question 39

What does Julia's red sash symbolize?

Accepted Answer

membership in the Junior Anit-Sex League

Question 40

What is the heresy of heresies?

Accepted Answer

common sense

1984 Part 1

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1984 Part 1

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