Characters
The name of the main character of 1984.
Who is Winston Smith?
This is the name of the daily, almost religious event that all members of the party must go through. In this event, they hurl insults at the Party's most hated enemy.
What is the "Two Minutes Hate."
By ensuring the country is constantly engaged in a ____________________, Oceania's citizens are too concerned with other countries to notice what's going on.
What is "a war?"
The constant monitoring device placed in every Party member's home, which can also broadcast Party propaganda.
What is the telescreen?
This is the ministry where Winston works, dedicated to falsifying historical records and newspapers.
What is the Ministry of Truth
The name of the "person" in charge of the Party.
Who is Big Brother?
He writes his anti-Party thoughts in a diary that is not legal to own.
The method by which the Party has conditioned children to report their parents for any sign of disloyalty.
What are the Spies (or the Junior Spies)?
The three slogans of the Party
War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength
The terrifying ministry dedicated to maintaining order and destroying enemies of the Party, often referred to by its Newspeak abbreviation.
What is the Ministry of Love
The person Winston sees following him in Chapter 8
Who is the dark- haired girl (Julia)
This is the group that Winston says are the only hope for change in Oceania?
Who are "the Proles?"
This is Winston's job; it helps the party maintain control by ensuring that they are never known to be wrong.
What is "rewriting history?"
Who are the proles?
This ministry's purpose, ironically, is to oversee the constant rationing of food and resources to the people of Oceania.
What is the Ministry of Plenty
The name of the main enemy of the Party.
Who is Emmanuel Goldstein?
Winston once had a wife, but they ultimately split apart because of this.
She was so devoted to the party that she had no desire for him.
The term for a person whose existence is erased, meaning they've been arrested and vanished, and all records and memories of them have been eliminated from the past.
This is the official language of Oceania, which is intended to restrict the thoughts of its citizens.
What is "newspeak?"
This ministry directs the continuous, manufactured war effort against Eurasia or Eastasia.
What is the Ministry of Peace (Minipax)?
The name of the man Winston believes will be an ally with him against the party.
Who is O'Brien?
DAILY DOUBLE:
This is the country Oceania is at war with throughout the novel.
ANSWER: What ARE Eurasia and Eastasia
The party has a ___________________ system for the Proles that lets them believe they may actually become rich one day; however, Winston believes no Prole has ever actually won. This system allows the party to control them by keeping the Proles poor while giving them a false sense of hope.
What is a "lottery?"
What does the party call it when people think negative thoughts about the party?
What is "thoughtcrime?"
The names of all 4 ministries in Newspeak
Minitrue, Minipax, Miniluv, Miniplenty