Quiz 1 with answers Ms Fracassi ENG4U1-05 1984 Quiz 1 with answers Ms Fracassi ENG4U1-05

QUESTION 1 1) What message is written everywhere (on posters, on telescreens, etc)? (1) BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU

QUESTION 2 2) Explain, what is a telescreen? What does it look like (1), and what are the two things in can do simultaneously? (2) LOOKS LIKE A TV CAN BROADCAST CAN RECORD CAN NEVER BE TURNED OFF

QUESTION 3 Where does Winston work? (bonus point if you can tell me in both English and Newspeak) (1) English: The Minstry of Truth Newspeak: Minitru

QUESTION 4 In what city, province, and country does Winston work? (3) City: London Province: Airstrip One Country: Oceania

QUESTION 5 What is the government called? (1) THE PARTY

QUESTION 6 Who is the enemy? (1) GOLDSTEIN

QUESTION 7 Describe 3 Minutes Hate (3). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdyKJ1xXph8

QUESTION 8 “Oceania is at war with __________________, and in alliance with ___________________. “(2) EURASIA EASTASIA

QUESTION 9 Has the statement in Question 9 always been true? Explain. (2) In reality no, but the people of Oceania all believe it to be true. Winston remembers being at war with Eastasia approximately four years ago.

QUESTION 10 “Who controls the past, __________________________________. Who controls the present _________________________________.” (2) CONTROLS THE FUTURE CONTROLS THE PAST

QUESTION 11 Explain how the government controls the past, present, and whatever goes in the first blank. (2) The Party controls the past by changing media and historical records (this is Winston’s job). The Party controls the present because they are in power The Party control the future by changing the past so they will forever remain in power.

QUESTION 12 “To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them; to use logic against logic; to repudiate morality while laying claim to it, to believe that democracy was impossible and that the Party was the guardian of democracy…..” (Orwell 37), is the definition of _______________________. (1) DOUBLETHINK