Nineteen Eighty-Four Part 1, Chapters 1-3 Quiz (Part One, Chapters 1-3)

Nineteen Eighty-Four Part 1, Chapters 1-3 questions

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1. Each of the four Ministries is named for the opposite of what it does. Which one conducts the war?
   The Ministry of Peace · The Ministry of Love · The Ministry of Truth · The Ministry of Plenty
2. Why does Winston sit in the shallow alcove beside the window when he begins to write?
   His neighbours cannot overhear him there · The telescreen cannot see into it · The telescreen's noise is muffled there · The light there is better for writing
3. During the Two Minutes Hate, what does Winston believe passes between him and O'Brien?
   A signal to meet after work · A warning that he is suspected · A glance of shared understanding · An accusation he cannot answer
4. Winston remembers that four years earlier Oceania's enemy and its ally were the other way round. What is the Party's official position on that?
   The records were lost in the war · The change was a needed betrayal · Only the Inner Party may discuss it · There has never been any change
5. What interrupts Winston's train of thought during the morning exercises in front of the telescreen?
   The instructress calls him out by name · Mrs Parsons knocks at his front door · The telescreen announces a ration cut · A rocket bomb lands somewhere near

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Original questions written for Pagine. This book is in copyright, so questions paraphrase rather than quote it.