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

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

3. 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

4. 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

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

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

7. QUESTION 6
Who is the enemy? (1) GOLDSTEIN

8. QUESTION 7 Describe 3 Minutes Hate (3).

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

10. 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.

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

12. 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.

13. 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