Sample Test

1984 Test:  Each questions is worth 5 points unless noted.  Total points = 181

1. (15 points) Outline the plot according to the six elements of plot.  Please list at least four events for each of the following: exposition, rising action and falling action.  List one event for inciting event, climax and resolution.







2. (8 points) What do the following symbols represent (keep in mind that they may represent more than one thing at different times in the novel)

Paperweight:

The Golden Country:







Chestnut Tree Café:




Songs:




3. Give a definition for dystopia and briefly explain how 1984 fits the definition (be specific and use examples – vague or incomplete answers will not receive full credit)



4. List five foreshadows in 1984 (and explain what they hint at)




5. Describe in detail and with examples the various ways (at least five) that Big Brother controls its citizens.




6. List four ironies in the book.



7. Give three examples of motifs that occur in the novel and connect each to a theme.




8. Explain the slogan, “He who controls the past controls the future.  He who controls the present controls the past.”  Why is this slogan important?



9. What lies/half-truths does the party teach about history?




10. Name the four ministries and what each controls.





11. List the three principles of Ingsoc.





12. List five Newspeak words and define each.





13. How is a person’s class determined in 1984?





14. How does Big Brothers philosophy about power and control differ from previous dictatorships?


15. What is O’Brien’s vision of the future?



16. Explain the significance of Winston’s childhood memories?  How do they give weight to the novel?




17. According to Obrien how is Winston mentally deranged?



18. (14 points):  For the following characters discuss who they are, the meanings of their names, and what they represent in the novel.


Ampleforth


Syme


Winston Smith

Julia


Parsons:



Oglivey:


19. (9 points) List and explain in detail the three movements of the novel.  Use examples.  What is each about?  Why is each important?



20:  (50 points)  TAKE HOME ESSAY Due by Thursday.

Book 2 Chapter 9 and 10

Book Two, Chapter 9

1. Why does Orwell include detailed passages from Goldstein’s Book in 1984?
2.    What three classes of people have always existed?
3. In What ways have these three classes changed?
4. What is the purpose of war in the world of 1984?
5. What are the two aims of the Party?
6. What are the two problems with which the Party is concerned?
7. Why do all three superpowers forbid their citizens from associating with foreigners?
8. The governments of the three superpowers are alike in essence even though their forms of government have different names. Identify these similarities and explain why they exist?
9.. What is the real "war" fought in each of the three governments? Your answer will explain the party slogan, "War is Peace."
10. What are the aims of the three groups?
11. What changes in the pattern occurred in the nineteenth century?
12. How did socialism change in the twentieth century?
13. Why are the rulers in the twentieth century better at maintaining power than earlier tyrants?
14. What are the four ways an elite group falls from power?
15. How does the Inner Party make certain it will not fall from power?
16. How is a person’s class determined in the 1984 world?
17. What is doublethink and what is its purpose to the ruling class?
18. Why is the mutability of the past important to the ruling class?

Book Two, Chapter 10

1. What understanding does Winston gain about the common people?
2. What is the significance of the glass paperweight here?

Friday: 1984 vs. A BRAVE NEW WORLD

In a 1-page essay (minimum length) compare 1984 to A BRAVE NEW WORLD by either theme, character, or symbol.  Make sure you have detailed examples to back up your ideas.

You will be graded on the following:

1) Opening paragraph with thesis statement, order of development and a hook.  (10 points)

2) Body paragraphs that reinforce and prove thesis and give detailed examples (specific scenes, quotes, moments for the book) and analysis those examples in relation to thesis.  (30 points)

3) Conclusion that restates in a new way what you proved in the paper and leaves the reader with something further to think about.  You might try and return to your hook in the ending.  (10 points)

GOOD LUCK.  This is your last essay assignment of the year!  Ace it.

Book 2 chapters 5 & 6

1)  Who has vanished?
2)  Describe the preparations for Hate Week?  In what ways does the Inner Party excel in building spirit?
3) Julia and Winston have some differences?  Explain them.
4) What finally convinces Winston that O'Brien is a member of the Brotherhood?


5) Begin to outline a comparison between 1984 and A BRAVE NEW WORLD by either themes, characters, slogans or symbols.  On Friday, you will have an in-class essay assignment on this comparison.  It'll be worth 50 points.

1984 BOOK 2 CHAPTERS 3-4

Book Two, Chapter 3

How and where do Julia and Winston meet?
What is Julia’s job?
What is her background?
What is her attitude toward the Party?
Describe the quote “ With Julia, everything came back to her own sexuality. As soon as this was touched upon in any way she was capable of great acuteness”. What does Winston think about Julia?
Why does the Party think the sexual impulse as well as the familial love dangerous?

Book Two, Chapter 4

How does Winston react to the singing Prole woman?
What pleasures of the senses are mentioned in this chapter? What is Orwell’s point in mentioning them?
What is Winston’s reaction to rats? Julia’s reaction?
Winston is interested in the church bells that once played in the city even though he is not religious. What do church bells mean to him?
Winston sees the coral paperweight as a symbol of what?

1984 BOOK TWO - Study Questions

Book Two, Chapter 1

How does Winston react to the note from Julia before he reads it?
How does Winston react to the note after he reads it?
Where do they manage to talk for the first time?
Where do they plan to meet?
What do Winston and Julia do before they part?

Book Two, Chapter 2

Why is Winston ill at ease once he is alone with Julia?
What does Julia bring with her that she has obtained on the black market?
What are Julia’s ideas about the Party?
What familiar sign does Winston find?
What is the significance of the thrush music?
What does Winston mean when he says that he loves Julia all the more because she has had scores of sexual encounters?

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