1. 1984 quiz 2 chapters 4-6 (book 1)
ENG4U
MS FRACASSI

2. QUESTION 1 1) Describe Winston`s job. (2) He works at Minitrue
He ensures that written records (particularly newspapers) are “up-t o-date” and accurate
He receives notices on slips of paper written in Newspeak that describe “errors” that he needs to “rectify”
Essentially he is changing history to support the Party

3. QUESTION 2 2) What is a memory hole (1)
It’s a tube where Winston discards his instructions to change errors
The tubes leas to a giant furnace where paper is incinerated as if it never existed

4. QUESTION 3
3) Who or what is the proletariat? Tell me at least 4 things about them (4).
They are the poor, lower class
They are uneducated
They are not considered human by members of the Party
They menial jobs
They can more or less whatever they want

5. QUESTION 4
4) Describe the type of media the Party produces for the Proles? (3)
Sports
Pornography
Sentimental songs
Films full of sex
Crime
Astrology

6. QUESTION 5 5) Who is Comrade Ogilvy? (3) Someone Winston made up
He served the party his whole life
Died in battle
No wife, no children, no hobbies other than the party, turned in his uncle to the Thought Police as a child

7. Question 6
6) What is Newspeak? Describe it, and its ultimate purpose. (3)
The language used by the Party
Combines and eliminates words
The only language that gets smaller every year
Purpose is to limit the thoughts a person can have- how can you want freedom if you’ve never heard of the word?
People can’t commit thoughtcrime if they don’t have the vocabulary or the capacity to express ideas

8. QUESTION 7 7) What is meant by the word “orthodoxy?” (1)
The word itself means “normal”
In this case it means adhering to the Party without question
Syme describes it as unconscious and “not thinking”

9. QUESTION 8
8) Give 1 reason why Winston thinks Syme might get vaporized. (1)
He says things he shouldn’t
He is too knowledgeable
He frequents The Chestnut Café

10. QUESTION 9
9) Parson’s daughter followed around a man in the woods, and she eventually turned him in to the authorities. Why did she do this/what was her reasoning/justification? (1)
He was wearing strange shoes, so he was probably a foreigner

11. QUESTION 10 10) What is “facecrime?” (1)
To wear an improper expression on your face
To look incredulous when a victory is announced