1984 Comprehension Test

  

Questions and Answers

 1. 
Which of the following is a true statement about Winston?

o A. 

He has a varicose ulcer

o B. 

He is a member of the Thought Police

o C. 

He dies by being blown up in a mine field

o D. 

He is secretly a woman
 
 2. 
Which of the following is a true statement about Mr. Charrington?

o A. 

He is O'Brien's father

o B. 

He is a member of the Thought Police

o C. 

He dies by being stabbed to death

o D. 

He poisons Winston's soup

 

 3. 
Winston falls in love with _____.

o A. 

O'Brien

o B. 

Tillotson

o C. 

Julia

o D. 

Jenny
 

 4. 
When he was young, Winston stole _____ from his sister.

o A. 

A bag of peanuts
 o B. 

A lock of hair

o C. 

A computer system

o D. 

A piece of chocolate
 

 5. 
In his diary, Winston defines freedom as _____.

o A. 

The ability to say that two plus two make four

o B. 

A place where the telescreens do not exist

o C. 

A world where the Thought Police are dead

o D. 

The promise of the future

 

 6. 
Julia is a member of _____.

o A. 

The Thought Police

o B. 

The Inner Party

o C. 

The Junior Anti-Sex League

 o D. 

The BBA (Big Brother Association)

 

 7. 
Parsons asks Winston if he has any spare _____.

o A. 

Money

o B. 

Victory gin

o C. 

Clothes

o D. 

Razor blades
 

 8. 
When Winston reads Julia's note, what does he discover?

o A. 

She is a member of the Thought Police

o B. 

She is in love with him

o C. 

She is working for O'Brien

o D. 

She is Big Brother's daughter

 

 9. 
At the climax of the Two Minutes Hate, Goldstein's face turns into _____.
 o A. 

A picture of Winston

o B. 

The image of a garbage can

o C. 

The face of O'Brien

o D. 

The image of a sheep

 

 10. 
Winston predicts that all of the following will be vaporized EXCEPT _____.

o A. 

Himself

o B. 

O'Brien

o C. 

Parsons

o D. 

Syme
 

 11. 
Winston says that hope lies with _____.

o A. 

The Inner Party

o B. 

O'Brien
 o C. 

The Junior Spies

o D. 

The proles
 

 12. 
After having a dream of seeing a girl in the Golden Country, Winston awakens
with a word on his lips. What is that word?

o A. 

Julia

o B. 

Shakespeare

o C. 

O'Brien

o D. 

Blood
 

 13. 
What does Winston refer to as the only thing that is "cheap and plentiful"?

o A. 

Victory sugar

o B. 

Victory coffee

o C. 

Synthetic gin

o D. 
 Green leaf tea
 

 14. 
The current name of Britain is _____.

o A. 

Oceania

o B. 

Eastasia

o C. 

Ingsoc

o D. 

Airstrip One
 

 15. 
Complete the quotation: "War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is
_____."
 

 16. 
O'Brien says he will meet Winston in "the place where there is no _____."
 

 17. 
In the room above Mr. Charrington's shop, there is a hidden _____ behind the
picture of St. Clement's.
 

 18. 
Who is the last person Winston loves when the book ends?
 

 19. 
_____ tells Winston that Inner Party members can turn off the telescreen for a
period of time.
 

 20. 
 We see _____ tortured in Room 101 by O'Brien.
 

 21. 
_____ is 26 years old and a member of the Junior Anti-Sex League.
 

 22. 
Comrade _____ is a fictitious person whom Winston creates for a
revised Times article.