1984 Retest Study Guide
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“utopia” is a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions
George Orwell’s pen name is Eric Arthur Blair.
Winston’s job is part of what Party policy? Reality control
Setting – London
Thoughtcrime: the essential crime that contains all others in itself
This novel could be considered dystopian.
Orwell worked in Spain as a newspaper reporter among other professions. These helped him
write 1984, a warning against the dangers of totalitarian society.
8. The party slogans were: Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength, War is Peace
9. The fictional language in the novel is Newspeak.
10. “Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don’t care what you do to her. Tear her face off,
strip her to the bones. Not me! Julia! Not me!” This represents the major theme of loyalty
versus betrayal.
11. One idea for the title 1984 is that Orwell simply switched the last two numbers around.
12. The main character of the novel is Winston Smith.
14. When the main character opens the diary and writes “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER”, he is
committing thoughtcrime.
15. Showing an expression of surprise or disbelief when a war victory is announced would be an
example of a FACECRIME.
16. Passage from Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s short story “Harrison Bergeron.”
17. Winston writes in his diary the following:
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else
follows.
18. Winston is bothered by the thought that he might be the only lunatic left alive.
19. Goldstein is “the principle traitor, the earliest defiler of the Party’s purity”.
20. The organization of the Party in correct order is: Big Brother, the Inner Party, the Outer
Party, the proles
21. There are 4 ministries in Oceania.
22. Big Brother is considered to be Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
23. The slogan on the posters was “Big Brother is Watching You”.
24. The final, most essential command of the Party is telling the people to reject the evidence
of their eyes and ears.
25. Winston tells Julia the real betrayal will be if they can be made to stop loving each other.
26. Winston discovers that Mr. Charrington is a member of the thought police.
27. Winston find out that O’Brien wrote part of The Book.
28. Room 101 contains whatever the prisoner fears the most.
29. George Orwell also wrote ANIMAL FARM.
30. Winston and Julia meet after they have been released. They do not feel the same about each
other anymore.