1984 Unit Test

Character Identification
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___ Winston Smith

___ Julia
___ OBrian
___ Big Brother
___ Mr. Charrington
___ Syme
___ Parsons
___ Emmanuel Goldstein

a. Legendary leader of the Brotherhood

b. An old man who runs a second hand store
in the Prole district
c. Main character in the book
d. A beautiful dark haired girl that works in
the Fiction Department
e. The ruler of Oceania
f. A mysterious, powerful, and sophisticated
member of the inner party
g. Specializes in language
h. Winstons neighbor

True/False
9. ____ Winston was married at one point
10. ____ Winston considers killing Julia in the beginning
11. ____ OBrian in a member of the Brotherhood
12. ____The Proles rose up and tried to overturn Big Brother
13. ____ No one knew that Winston was writing in a journal
14. ____ Winston had a little sister
15. ____ Winston was a very obedient child
16. ____ Julia found The Book to be very interesting
17. ____ Julia and Winston never betrayed each others love
18. ____ Oceania is, and always has been, at war with Eastasia
19. ____ Winston finds Parsons in the Ministry of Love
20. ____Winston defeats Big Brother
21. ____ Big Brother is a real person

Multiple Choice
22. Winston is afraid of _______
a. Snakes
b. Rats
c. Spiders
d. Darkness
23. Mrs. Parsons children are members of the ___________________
a. Thought Police
b. Ministry of Truth
c. Junior Spies
d. Ministry of Love
24. In a dream, Winston heard someone say, We will meet in the place where there is no
___________________

a. Party
b. Doublespeak
c. Darkness
d. Proles
25. What is behind the picture of St. Clements church in the loft?
a. Telescreen
b. Nothing
c. Rat nest
d. Safe
26. Julia is a member of the _____________________________
a. Thought Police
b. Junior Anti-Sex League
c. Junior Spies
d. Brotherhood
27. What happens to Syme?
a. Nothing
b. He vanishes
c. He perfects Doublespeak
d. He gets married
28. Mr. Charrington is a _______________________
a. Store owner
b. Though Police
c. Prole
d. Member of the Brotherhood
29. Where is the place without darkness?
a. OBrians home
b. Winstons dream
c. Cell
d. the Future
30. OBrian works for __________________________
a. The Ministry of Truth
b. The Ministry of Love
c. The Ministry of Peace
d. The Ministry of Plenty
Short Answers
31. What is a dystopia?

32. How does a dystopia start?

33. Why is the past so important to Winston?

34. Do Julia and Winston ever truly love each other?

Long Answers
35. Was it the rats of Room 101 that broke Winston? Use evidence from the book to support
your answer.

36. How does the party use technology to control its citizens? Use examples from the book.

Passage Recognition Who said it?

a. Winston

b. Julia

c. OBrian

37. Youre only a rebel from the waist downwards.

38. We shall meet in the place where there is not darkness.
39. Of course. Hundreds of timeswell, scores of times, anyway.
40. They got me a long time ago.
41. Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
Matching
42. Ministry of Love
43. Ministry of Plenty
44. Ministry of Peace
45. Ministry of Truth
46. Brotherhood
47. Junior Spies
48. Junior Anti-Sex League
49. Thought Police
50. Proles

a. Enforces loyalty to Big Brother

b. Working class
c. Responsible for the falsification of
historical events
d. Children who monitor the adults around
them
e. In charge or rationing goods to the people
f. Rebel organization
g. Governs the Oceanic province of Airstrip
One
h. Used to eliminate personal sexual
attraction
i. Undercover agents who report people who
are breaking rules