1984 - Key Terms Pop Quiz

Who is O'Brien?

• A member of the Inner Party with whom Winston feels a mysterious connection.

• A pink-tight-clad superhero & supermodel.

• An Inner Party member of the Ministry of Plenty.

• An officer of the Thought Police.

• An Outer Party member who loves to drink gin.

Who is Julia?

• A spy.

• Big Brother's girlfriend.

• A member of the Thought Police.

• A dark-haired woman of about 27 who Winston finds attractive.

• The neighbor's wife.

What is thoughtcrime?

• Ruminating on past crimes.

• The crime of thinking about the past.

• The crime of daydreaming.

• Any thought that goes against the political ideology of the party.

What are the slogans of the Party?

• BIG BROTHER, NEWSPEAK, AND DOUBLETHINK!

• DOWN WITH GOLDSTEIN! DOWN WITH THOUGHTCRIME! DOWN WITH PRIVACY!

• IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, WAR IS PEACE.

• BIG BROTHER IS THE GOAT, JULIA SLAYS, O'BRIEN IS FIRE.

• INGSOC GOOD; PEPPA PIG BAD!

Who or what is Big Brother?

• The name of a movie made by the Party that is coming out soon.

• The supreme leader of Oceania, leader of the Party, and central figurehead whose image is used to instill a sense of loyalty and fear in the population.

• An Inner Party member who is Winston's older sibling.

• The name of a band that plays everywhere in Oceania.

• The leader of Eurasia.

What is the telescreen?

• A device that operates simultaneously as a television, security camera, and microphone.

• A screen that the Party uses for watching a futuristic version of Netflix.

• A screen used to project lessons about various subjects like literature and philosophy.

• A screen that often lines several walls in each person's house, on which are broadcast interactive soap operas, aka The Parlor Walls.

What is the Ministry of Truth? Check all that apply.

• The place where Winston works.

• The ministry of propaganda.

• A misnomer because it serves the opposite purpose of finding or revealing truth.

• A place where falsification of historical events happens.

• The place where you can buy Victory Gin in bulk for truly great prices.

Who are the Thought Police?

• A crack squad of futuristic cats who drive miniature tanks and shoot anyone who speaks badly about naps, Fancy Feast, or Big Brother.

• Secret Police of Oceania who are responsible for the elimination of unspoken beliefs and doubts that contradict the Party.

• The poeple who write the propaganda for the Party.

• The guards who make sure that Victory Gin is always available.

• Big Brother's highly-trained spokespeople.

What is INGSOC? Check all that apply.

• Newspeak for "English Socialism."

• The philosophy that the totalitarian state of Oceania follows and enforces.

• The values of Liberty, Equality, and Privacy.

• Newspeak for "English Sock" - a fancy piece of clothing worn on "Fun Sock Fridays."

• The idea that everyone in Oceania is entitled to eat In and Out at least once a day.

Which are parts of the description of "doublethink" ? Check all that apply.

• "To know and not 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 forget whatever whatever it was necessary to forget, then to draw it back into memory again at the moment when it was needed"

• "to repudiate morality while laying claim to it"

• "to believe that democracy was impossible and that the Party was the guardian of democracy"