1984 Study Questions

Part 1, Chapter 1 Questions and Answers
1. When does the novel begin?
2. Where does the novel begin?
3. Cite the caption on the posters in Winston’s building.
4. What is Newspeak?
5. What does a telescreen do?
6. What are the Party’s three slogans?
7. Name the four Ministries of the government.
8. What is the purpose of the Two Minutes Hate?
9. What is thoughtcrime?
10. What is the penalty for thoughtcrime?
Part 1, Chapter 2 Questions and Answers
1. What form of address has replaced “Mrs.”?
2. What game are the Parsons’ children playing?
3. Give the crime the children accuse Winston of committing.
4. What popular spectacle took place that afternoon?
5. What is a “child hero”?
6. Who speaks in Winston’s dream?
7. What does the speaker in the dream tell Winston?
8. What is the bad news delivered via the telescreen?
9. Winston addresses his diary to whom or to what?
10. Explain why Winston washes his hands before he returns to work.
.Part 1, Chapter 3 Questions and Answers
1. How old was Winston when his mother disappeared?
2. What is the only thing Winston remembers about his father?
3. What does Winston surmise happened to his parents?
4. Where are Winston’s mother and sister in his dream?
5. Who appears in Winston’s second dream?
6. What is Winston muttering as he awakens?
7. What is Airstrip One?
8. With whom is Oceania at war?
9. What is the Party slogan?
10. What is Ingsoc?
Part 1, Chapters 4 and 5 Questions and Answers
1. What is the official phrase for altering records?
2. What is the primary job of the Ministry of Truth?
3. What is “Pornosec”?
4. What is Winston’s greatest pleasure in life?
5. Who is Comrade Ogilvy?
6. What is Syme’s current project at the Records Department?
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7. According to Syme, what is the whole aim of Newspeak?
8. What does Syme predict will have occurred by 2050?
9. Tell why Winston believes Syme will disappear one day.
10. Who does Winston believe is