Key Plot Details
Where does Winston Smith work?
Ministry of Truth
What thematic conclusion can be drawn from the minute of hate?
What is widely accepted is not always morally right OR People who are consumed by emotion are easy to control
Who is the figurehead of the party?
Big Brother
What saying appears on posters, billboards, and coins, typically alongside a certain figurehead?
“Big Brother is always watching.”
What is the device that constantly monitors members of the outer party?
Telescreen
What broader theme do the teleprompters, Newspeak, and Thought Police represent?
Controlling information is controlling reality itself
Who does Winston begin to rebel with? (Hint: The girl)
Julia
What is the ideology of having two contradictory beliefs at the same time?
Doublethink
What symbolizes Winston’s total submission to Big Brother at the end of the book? (Hint: Multiple Possible Answers)
2 + 2 = 5, “I Love Big Brother”, Betrays Julia
What does Winston’s experience with the proles show?
Hierarchical Class Struggle stems from Unequal Education - Knowledge is Power
Who is a member of the Inner Party and later revealed to be a part of the Thought Police?
O'Brien
Name one of the party’s slogans (double pts for 2, triple pts for 3)
“War is Peace” “Freedom is Slavery” “Ignorance is Strength”
What is in Room 101 in the Ministry of Peace?
The Worst Thing in the World
What broader theme does the small rebellions within the paranoid citizens represent?
Even in a totalitarian state, the human spirit craves freedom
Who is the figurehead for the revolutionists?
Emmanuel Goldstein
What does the party command its people to “reject?”
“Reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.”
What word describes the political and societal system that Winston Smith lives in?
Totalitarianism
What theme does the destruction of historical artifacts show?
Control over a population’s future as well as their present starts by controlling the past
Who had lent his upstairs bedroom to Winston?
Mr. Charrington
What is the artificial language that the party made up?
Newspeak