BOOK 2
Chapter Five
1. Infer why the Party prefers citizens to refer to each other as “comrade” rather than “friend.”
2. Contrast Syme’s opinion of public hangings to Winston’s.
3. How does Newspeak hope to eradicate all thoughtcrime?
4. Infer how Ingsoc utilizes language as a form of propaganda.
5. Design a real-life situation in which Syme’s comment that, “Orthodoxy means not thinking – not needing
to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness,” holds true.
6. Contrast Winston’s assessment of Syme’s speech in the cafeteria with the conversations overheard at the
Chestnut Tree Café.
7. Evaluate how Parsons’ children’s actions reflect their society’s attitude toward differences.
8. Tell how citizens react to any government news about rations or production, and explain why it is an odd
reaction.
9. Summarize why Winston believes that some citizens will be vaporized and others will not be.
10. Give an example of facecrime.
Chapter Six
1. Analyze Winston’s belief that your worst enemy is your own nervous system.
2. Generalize differences between the Party women and the prole women.
3. Explain why the Party does not allow people who are physically attracted to each other to marry.
4. Describe Winston’s relationship with his wife, Katharine.
5. Examine why Winston believes that a real love affair is an “almost unthinkable event.”
6. Explain Winston’s belief that, “The sexual act, successfully performed, was rebellion. Desire was
thoughtcrime.”
Chapter Seven
1. Quote Winston’s thoughts on why the proles do not rebel against Ingsoc.
2. Tell how the Party views and treats the proles.
3. Describe how the Party utilizes history as propaganda.
4. Examine Winston’s reaction to the Party’s take on history.
5. Show how the Party’s control of the press allows it to manipulate history.
6. Explain Winston’s feelings about being arrested by the Thought Police.
7. What do you believe would have occurred if Winston had shared the evidence exonerating Jones,
Aaronson, and Rutherford, instead of destroying it?
8. Assess how the Party manipulates history. Why do you believe the Party does so?
9. What is the Party’s essential command?
10. Interpret Winston’s axiom, “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is
granted, all else follows.”
Chapter Eight
1. Define ownlife.
2. Discuss the irony of the proles’ situation and the Party’s view of them.
3. Connect Winston’s conversation with the older gentleman to the Party’s view of the proles.
4. Infer why Winston checks for telescreens at the pub and in the room over Mr.
5. Charrington’s shop.
6. Compose a response to Winston’s question, “Do you feel that you have more freedom now than you had
in those days?”
7. Explain why the Party isolates citizens from each other.
8. Where does Winston return, and what does he purchase?
9. Describe the picture on the wall and how it is mounted in the room.
10. Examine how Winston and Mr. Charrington’s knowledge of London’s churches exemplifies the Party’s
approach to religion and history.
11. Judge how trustworthy Mr. Charrington is or is not.
12. Who does Winston see in the street, and what does he think she is doing?