1984 ch. 1-8 Flashcards
1
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what is the name of the apartment buildings Winston Smith lives in?
A
victory mansions (ironic name)
2
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why does Winston walk up 7 flights of stairs?
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-the elevator never works
-electricity is out during daylight currently
3
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what is physical evidence of the fact that winston walks a lot (on his body)?
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-varicose ulcer about his right ankle
4
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what is on every floor of the apartments once you exit the elevator?
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-a picture of big brother
5
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who is big brother/what does he look like and represent?
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-man with black mustache
-leader of the government
-his eyes are always watching you
6
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what is the telescreen?
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-a tv that can never be shut off
-plays propoganda, news, etc.
-used for surveillence on citizens
7
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what does winston wear?
A
-overalls
-uniform of the party
8
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where does winston work?
A
-the ministry of truth
9
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what city does winston live in?
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-london in oceania
10
Q
colonies of what sprung up in places where bombs had cleared space?
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-wooden dwellings like chicken houses
11
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what are the three slogans of the party?
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-war is peace
-freedom is slavery
-ignorance is strength
12
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ministry of truth function
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-news
-education
-entertainment
-fine arts
13
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ministry of truth newspeak name
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-minitrue
14
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ministry of peace function
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-war
15
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ministry of peace newspeak name
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-minipax
16
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ministry of love function
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-maintaining law and order
17
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ministry of love newspeak name
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-miniluv
18
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ministry of plenty function
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-economic affairs
19
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ministry of plenty newspeak name
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-miniplenty
20
Q
what word does the party not like people using to address someone?
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-mrs./ mr.
-gives them other identity than person in the party
21
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what word does the party want people to use instead ot address others?
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-comrade
-places identity in party and nothing else
22
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what is the inside of the parson’s house like?
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-bigger than winstons
-lots of games
-dark
-chaotic
-dingy
23
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what type of person makes the party stable?
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-stupid
-ex. mr. parsons
24
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what kind of smell followed mr. parsons around?
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-smell of sweat
25
what were the parsons children upset about?
-they couldn't go to the hanging
26
how are children frightening to their parents?
-they spy on their own parents and turn them in for being thought criminals, foreigners, etc
27
what did someone say to winston in his dream he remembers?
-we shall meet in the place where there is no darkness
28
who says the phrase to winson in his dream?
-o'brien
-fellow comrade and worker at minitrue
29
what are the three tenets of INGSOC?
-newspeak
-doublethink
-mutability of the past
30
what are the coins like in oceania?
-3 slogans of party inscribed
-big brother is on it
31
what did winston have on his hands that might be a clue to someone he is commiting a crime?0
-ink
32
what probably happened to winston's mom and dad?
-killed in oen of the first great purges by the party
33
winston dreams a landscape so often that he names it...
golden country
34
what does the girl with dark hair do in winston's dream?
-take off her clothes (almost rebelliously)
35
why does winston not have pajamas?
-they cost too much
36
what does winston do every morning from 7:30-7:40?
-physical jerks
-basically required physical exercise
37
what is the party slogan?
-he who controls the past controls the future
38
what is oldspeak for the newspeak word "doublethink"?
reality control
39
what is oldspeak for the newspeak word "ingsoc"?
-englsih socialism
40
what significant thing had winston once held in his hands?
-proof the party had falsified a historical fact
41
what is the function of memory holes?
-place where people put documents due for destruction
42
why was it necesary that winston rewrite a PARAGRAPH ob big brother's speech?
-he had to rewrite a part that mention the FFCC and Withers which had been vaporized/dissolved
43
what is ampleforth's job in the ministry of truth?
-to produce garbled versions of poems that they felt had become offensive
44
what are different jobs that are in the records department?
-making fake photos
-reconstructing the past
-supplying citizens with newspapers, books, etc.
45
what kind of information does the ministry of truth provide the proletariat?
-the information that the party wanted people to know
46
explain the guy winston writes about when replacing the part in bb's speech.
-comrade ogilvy
-made up guy
-perfect representation of the party and its values
47
what department does syme belong?
-research department
48
what project is syme working on?
-11th edition of the newspeak dicitonary
49
what doe ssyme ask winson for?
-razors/ razor blades
50
what did syme go see yesterday?
-the hanging
51
what does syme say his chief job with the new edition is?
-destroying words
52
how does newspeak eliminate synonyms and antonyms?
-each word contains its opposite and synonyms within itself
-add "un" for antonyms
-add "double," "plus," or "doubleplus" to synonyms/ to make it stronger
53
how will newspeak eventually eliminate thought crime?
-all of the words to do it will be eliminated
-there will be no words to express ti
54
how does syme define orthodoxy?
-unconcousness
-not needing to think
55
what is winston convinced will happen to syme one day?
-he will be vaporized
56
what does winston mean when he thinks that the man who is speaking is not talking with his brain but with his larynx?
-he is not thinking for hmslef
-just blabbing out nonsense
57
why is the chesnut tree cafe an ill-omened place to hang out?
-old disrcredited leaders of the party, thought criminals, and musicians/artists hang out there
58
why did parsons daughter think the man she saw was a criminal? what happend to him?
-he had shoes she had never seen before
-he was executed after she turned him in
59
what does winston notice about the news about the chococlate rations?
-the ration said it had been raised when it had aftually been reduced
60
what kind of bug does winston think most people in the ministries look like?
a beetle
61
what is comically ironic about parsons asking for razor blades after his reaction to the news from the ministry of plenty?
-he is upset because they aren't available
-he think the ministry of plenty is doing a great job
62
who does winston notice is sitting at the table next to him?
-the girl with dark hair
63
what is the name of the crime of wearing an improper expression on your face?
-facecrime
64
why had parsons children set a woman's skirt on fire before?
-she was wrapping up sausaged with aposter of BB
65
what experience does winston write about in his journal at the beginning of chapter 6?
-his sexual encounter with a prostitute
66
wat example does winston give that provides evidence for the thought that your worst enemy is your nervous system?
-the man who he passed whose face twitched involuntarily
67
why might the party encourage prostitution?
-help control instincts that could nto be suppressed
-discourage promiscuity betwen party members
-keep sex loveless and meaningless
68
what is artsem? how doe sit fit with the ideaology/goal of the party?
-artificial insemination
-ther is no sex or love or emotional attachment
-only reproduction
-no loyalty to someone else
69
who is katharine?
-winston's wife who he is separated from
70
what is winston's nickname for his wife?
"the human soundtrack"
71
why did winston give katharine that nickname?
-she would spit out and believe party slogans
72
what was "our duty to the party"?
-the way katharine would refer to trying for a baby
73
when winston turns on the prostitute's lamp what does he realize about her?
-she is old
74
what urge has winston been supressing the whole chapter?
-to scream bad words/ be violent/ have an outburst
75
what percentage of the population do the proles make up?
85%
76
waht methods are used ot keep proles in control
-thought police spread false rumors'0monitor
-eveyrthing they do and say
77
for the health of the party the prole do not need ot have strong politcal feelings, only...
-primitive patriotism
78
what does winston copy from into his diary?
-excerpts from a children's history book he borrowed from mrs. parsons
79
what doe seht book have to say about capitalism?
-capitalists were oppresors
-it caused terrible poveryt for most
80
what is jus primae notcis?
-capitalists had the right to sleep with any woman in their factory
81
what kind of work did rutherford use to do?
-caricatrues/cartoons
82
what does winston notice about aaronson and rutherford's faces?
-they both have broken noses
83
what concrete evidence did winston once hold that confessions are forced lies?
-a picture of rutherford, aaronson, and other guy on the date they confessed to being in eurasia
84
what is one thing that is hard to control in fron of the telescreen that can get you arrested?
-heart rate
85
what does winston say a lunatic might be?
-a minority of one
86
what is the important axiom that winston writes?
-freedome is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. if that is granted, all else follows
87
what does winston's axiom mean?
-freedom is being free to say truths that you believe without changing them
88
what does winston skipin chapter 8 in the evening?
-an evening event at the community center
89
wher edoe swinston go walking?
-a prole neighborhood
90
what is a steamer?
-prole slang for a rocket bomb
91
what does winston find among the pile of plaster after the steamer lands?
-a severed hand
92
what truth about the lottery does winston know?
-the big prizes are given away to fake people
-only small prizes are actually igven out
93
why wer ther not many people from the older generation?
-they wre all wiped out n the great purges of the 50s-60s
94
what is the old man aking for ath the bar that the barman has never heard of before?
-a pint
95
where do winston's feet end up taking him?
-the store he bought the antique in
96
what does winston buy? waht about this object is appealing to him?
-paperweight with coral in it
-seems to be from a different time
97
before winston leaves the store what does the old man show him?
-apartment, furniture, painting
98
what is the deal with the bookshelf in the old man's apartmnet?
-all the books were destroyed (all other copies0
-no one from printed before revoultion
99
what is the picture that is fixed to the wall?
-building winston recognized
-used to be a church
100
what is different abou tmoney now as opposde to before revoltuoin?
-pounds ---> dollars
-worthelss basically
101
what did winston think the shopkeepers name was?
-weeks
102
what is the shopkeeper's real name?
-charrington
103
who does winston pass on the street?
-the dark haired girl
104
what does winston wish to do to the perosn he passes on the street
-kill her
105
what is the significance of the use of knell at the end of chapter 8?
-foreshadows death
-death bell
