1984 Studyguide – Flashcards
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Who turns out to be a member of the Thought Police?
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Mr. Charrington
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Who is the Poet arrested for leaving God at the end of the line?
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Ampleforth
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Who is Winston's Co-worker who suddenly disappears one day?
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Syme
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Who is Winston's wife?
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Katherine
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Who is the Leader of the Brotherhood and the enemy of Oceania?
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Emmanuel Goldstein
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Who is Winston's Neighbor?
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The Parsons
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Which main character is a member of the Junior Anti-Sex League?
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Julia
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Who is in charge of Winston's Interrogation in the ministry of Love?
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O'Brien
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Who were the original revolutionaries that Winston found the picture of?
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Jones, Aaronson, Rutherford
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Why are there are no written laws in Oceania?
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If the law was written, then people could and would purposely go against them, but if they are unwritten the Party could punish them for anything.
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Is there any mention of nuclear weapons in 1984?
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Yes
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Do Winston and Katharine have any children?
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No
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Is Winston Julia's First Lover?
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No
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Is Big Brother is a real person?
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No
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Is it difficult to find out where people live in this society?
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Yes
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Why are gangsters and murderers treated better than political prisoners in Oceania?
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Because they aren't trying to against the government, they didn't commit thoughtcrimes
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What country did Oceania used to be?
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Great Britain
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Does Winston Hates Big Brother at the start of the Book?
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Yes
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How does Newspeak try to make it harder for people to think about Concepts the government doesn't like?
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Because it takes out words that go against the Party
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Is O'Brien arrested as the novel ends?
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No
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Where does Winston work?
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Ministry of Truth
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What is the alcoholic beverage Winston usually drinks?
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gin
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What is the government agency in charge of maintaining law and order?
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Minipax
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Who is the Chestnut Tree Café is a meeting place for?
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Disgraced party members
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Who is the target of the daily Two Minute Hate at the start of the book?
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Emmanuel Goldstein
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Who does the dark-haired girl in Winston's dream later turn out to be?
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Julia
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Where does Winston live?
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an old tenement/Victory Mansions
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Where does the Memory Holes in the Ministry of Truth lead to?
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the incinerator
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How is Membership to the Party gained?
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examination
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What does Winston write in his diary at the start of the book?
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He writes in a panicked manner about a war movie he saw.
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How are Party members supposed to spend their evening?
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At the community center
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When Winston first encounters the dark-haired girl outside Charrington's shop. What does he consider doing to her?
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murdering her
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What medical problem is Winston is afflicted with?
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varicose ulcer
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Doing "our duty to the Party" was an expression Katharine used to refer to what?
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sexual relation/having children
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What does Winston attempt to talk to an elderly Prole about?
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life before the revolution
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The Newspeak word which means the ability to hold two mutually contradictory ideas in mind simultaneously and to believe both of them is what?
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doublethink
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What does the note Julia slips to Winston say?
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I love you
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To the leaders of Oceania, war is what?
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peace
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Winston and Julia tell O'Brien that they are willing to do anything for the Brotherhood except what?
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separate from each other
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Winston most enjoys talking with Syme about what?
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Newspeak
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O'Brien explains that the three stages of Winston's reintegration are learning, understanding, and what?
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acceptance
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In the government of Oceania, members of the Party are a part of what group?
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The Bureaucracy, Inner Party
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What is the most feared place in the Ministry of Love?
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Room 101
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Where is the Telescreen that eavesdrops on Winston and Julia hidden?
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behind the engraving/picture of the church
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"The book" O'Brien gave Winston was really written by who?
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O'Brien and other party members
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In addition to painful torture, O'Brien also uses a treatment on Winston that makes him what?
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blocks out his memory temporarily
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The one thing Winston fears most is what?
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rats
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Where is Winston at the end of the book?
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Chestnut Tree Café
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Name all the slogans used by the Party?
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War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.
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Having thoughts of one's own, apart from the Party's beliefs, equals what?
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Torture/Death
