Transcript 1984 test review

It’s Jeopardy time!
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Literary
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Context
Clues
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A note on grammar:
Independent clause: can stand alone (the dog
ate, the boys fought, etc.)
 Dependent clause: cannot stand alone (When I
went to school, If I am elected, etc.)
 Prepositional phrase: begins with a preposition
(in the kitchen, on the shelf, without exception)
 Infinitive phrase: phrase that begins with “to”
(To die would be an honor, To be free is
something worth fighting for, etc.)
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Literary Devices 1
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What are these examples of?
 “WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY,
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH”
 ANSWER
Answer Lit Dev 1
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OXYMORON
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Literary Devices 2
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What is this an example of:
 “Even while he was speaking to O’Brien,
when the meaning of the words had sunk in,
a chilly shuddering feeling had taken
possession of his body. He had the
sensation of stepping into the dampness of
a grave…” (p. 159)
 ANSWER
Answer Lit Dev 2
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FORESHADOWING
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Literary Devices 3
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What is this an example of?
 “As compared with last year there was more
food, more clothes, more houses, more
furniture, more cooking pots, more fuel,
more ships, more helicopters, more books,
more babies—more of everything except
disease, crime, and insanity.”
 ANSWER
Answer Lit Dev 3
HYPERBOLE
 REPETITION
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Literary Devices 4
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What is this an example of?
 “Everything faded into mist.”
 ANSWER
Answer Lit Dev 4
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METAPHOR
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Literary Devices 5
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What is this an example of?
 “He looked up, and his spectacles darted a
hostile flash in Winston’s direction…”
 ANSWER
Answer Lit Dev 5
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PERSONIFICATION
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Literary Devices 6
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What is this an example of?
 “He was a monstrous man, with a mane of
greasy gray hair…his great body was
sagging, sloping, bulging, falling away in
every direction.”
 ANSWER
Answer Lit Dev 6
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ALLITERATION
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Context Clues 1
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What does the underlined word mean?
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“It was always the women, and above all the
young ones, who were the most bigoted
adherents to the Party, the swallowers of slogans,
the amateur spies and nosers-out of
unorthodoxy.”
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A. loyal
B. unreasonably attached to an opinion or belief
C. undependable
D. poor
ANSWER
Answer Cont Clues 1
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B. unreasonably attached to an opinion
or belief (bigoted)
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Context Clues 2
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What does the underlined word mean?
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“Before the Revolution they had been
hideously oppressed by the capitalists, they
had been starved and flogged…”
 A. political leaders
 B. slave drivers
 C. spies
 D. people who use money to carry on business
ANSWER
Answer Cont Clues 2
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D. people who use money to carry on
business (capitalists)
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Context Clues 3
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What does the underlined word mean?
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“The irritating thing was that Winston could
hardly hear what Parsons was saying, and
was constantly having to ask for some
fatuous remark to be repeated.”
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A. traitorous
B. silly; foolish
C. insulting
D. foreign-language
ANSWER
Answer Cont Clues 3
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B. silly; foolish
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Context Clues 4
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What does the underlined word mean?
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“We are different from all the oligarchies of
the past in that we know what we are doing.”
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A. governments rules by only a few people
B. governments ruled by only one dictator
C. volunteer organizations
D. professional organizers
ANSWER
Answer Cont Clues 4
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A. governments ruled by only a few
people (oligarchies)
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Context Clues 5
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What does the underlined word mean?
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“They talked desultorily for some minutes,
then, without apparent reason, a yell from
the telescreen bade them be silent.”
 A. jumping from one topic to another
 B. loudly
 C. in whispers
 D. in a foreign language
ANSWER
Answer Cont Clues 5
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A. jumping from one topic to another
(desultorily)
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Context Clues 6
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What does the underlined word mean?
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“There were times when the fact of
impending death seemed as palpable as the
bed they lay on, and they would cling
together with a sort of despairing sensuality.”
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A. easily seen or heard and recognized
B. impossible
C. invisible
D. expensive
ANSWER
Answer Cont Clues 6
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A. easily seen or heard and recognized
(palpable)
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Characters 1
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Winston buys the beautiful book from the junk
shop because he:
 A. feels sorry for the owner
 B. sees that the price was lower than in the Outer
Party shop
 C. recognizes immediately that it is an ideal place
for his thoughts
 D. simply wants to possess it
ANSWER
Answer Characters 1
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D. simply wants to possess it
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Characters 2
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Winston finds it strange that though Goldstein
is constantly attacked, his:
 A. calm, loving attitude never changes
 B. influence never seems to fade
 C. faith in Big Brother and the Party remains strong
 D. family is kept safe in Eurasia
ANSWER
Answer Characters 2
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B. influence never seems to fade
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Characters 3
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During his torture, Winston feels
O’Brien:
 A. is enjoying Winston’s agony
 B. still might be a member of the
Brotherhood
 C. will eventually let him go
 D. is a person he can truly talk to
ANSWER
Answer Characters 3
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D. is a person he can truly talk to
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Characters 4
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For Winston, the symbol of his life in
Charrington’s room is:
 A. the picture of St. Clement’s Dane
 B. Julia’s red Anti-Sex League sash
 C. the coral paperweight
 D. the small oil burner
ANSWER
Answer Characters 4
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C. the coral paperwewight
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Characters 5
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Winston questions an old prole about life
before the Revolution. What does he
find out?
 A. the man was in the military
 B. life used to be much better in the old days
 C. that most of the past is erased or
forgotten
 D. that the Party has always been in control
ANSWER
Answer Characters 5
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C. that most of the past is erased or
forgotten
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Characters 6
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Winston has a dream about O’Brien at
the beginning of the story. What does
O’Brien says to Winston in the dream?
ANSWER
Answer Characters 6
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“We will meet in the place where there is
no darkness.”
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Plot 1
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The war film Winston watches at the
beginning is interrupted by:
 A. hungry rioters
 B. a power failure
 C. weeping widows
 D. a prole shocked by the brutality of the film
ANSWER
Answer Plot 1
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D. a prole shocked by the brutality of the
war film
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Plot 2
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After receiving O’Brien’s home address,
Winston realizes that he is both:
 A. at the edge of the anti-Party movement
and nearer death
 B. uncertain of his love for Julia and respect
for O’Brien
 C. loyal to Big Brother and loyal to
Ampleforth
 D. tired of fighting and longing for escape
ANSWER
Answer Plot 2
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A. at the edge of the anti-Party
movement and nearer death
Plot 3
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Once Winston realizes that he is bound to
die for what he has done, he feels:
 A. guilty about betraying Julia
 B. it is important to stay alive as long as possible
 C. pity towards those outside the Party
 D. happy that his misery will be over soon
ANSWER
Answer Plot 3
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B. it is important to stay alive as long as
possible
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Plot 4
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What part of Winston’s flat gives him the
idea to start the journal?
ANSWER
Answer Plot 4
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The “secluded alcove” not seen by the
telescreen
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Plot 5
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What significant thing happens at the
Hate Week rally?
ANSWER
Answer Plot 5
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The enemy suddenly becomes Eastasia
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Plot 6
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What happens to people arrested by the
Thought Police?
ANSWER
Answer Plot 6
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They are arrested in the middle of the
night and “vaporized” as if they never
existed
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Theme 1
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What does the Party poster say?
ANSWER
Answer Theme 1
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Big Brother is Watching You
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Theme 2
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To the Party, the real enemy both inside
and outside of marriage is:
 A. love
 B. desire
 C. children
 D. personal wealth
ANSWER
Answer Theme 2
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A. love
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Theme 3
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The goal of Newspeak is to:
 A. make language simple enough so all can
learn it
 B. narrow the range of thought so that
thoughtcrime becomes impossible
 C. preserve the intent of the original leaders
of the Revolution
 D. make it easier for everyone who works for
the Ministry of Truth
ANSWER
Answer Theme 3
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B. narrow the range of thought so that
thoughtcrime becomes impossible
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Theme 4
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What is doublethink?
ANSWER
Answer Theme 4
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The ability to believe in two contradictory
beliefs at the same time
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Theme 5
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To Winston, making love to Julia is:
 A. a political strike against the Party
 B. an act of love and private sharing
 C. just another sign of Party control
 D. a chore
ANSWER
Answer Theme 5
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A. a political strike against the Party
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Theme 6
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According to Goldstein’s book, what is
the main purpose of modern wars?
ANSWER
Answer Theme 6
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Maintain the social structure
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Misc 1
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To escape the rats, Winston:
 A. agrees to love Big Brother
 B. accuses everyone he knows of treason
 C. betrays Julia
 D. signs a contract of surrender to O’Brien
ANSWER
Answer Misc 1
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C. betrays Julia
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Misc 2
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What first draws Winston to O’Brien?
Answer
Answer Misc 2
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They exchange a glance of
“intelligence;” he believes O’Brien is
against the Party and Big Brother as
well
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Misc 3
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What eventually happens to Syme?
ANSWER
Answer Misc 3
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He is vaporized
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Misc 4
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Why does Winston hate Julia at first?
ANSWER
Answer Misc 4
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Because he finds her attractive
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Misc 5
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Who owns the shop where Winston
bought the journal and the room he and
Julia rent?
ANSWER
Answer Misc 5
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Mr. Charrington
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Misc 6
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Winston talks about a time when he held
in his hand actual proof that the Party
falsifies and changes history. What was
that proof?
ANSWER
Answer Misc 6
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A photograph of three men in a place
other than where the Party has said they
were. (Names: Jones, Aaronson, and
Rutherford)
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