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1984 Notes Test Flashcards

1
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1984: War is _______

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Peace

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2
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1984: Freedom is _______

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Slavery

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3
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1984: Ignorance is ______

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Strength

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4
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Who is the author of 1984

A

George Orwell

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5
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George Orwell was the pen name of

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Eric Blair

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6
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Orwell was a/an ___________ born where?

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Englishman, India

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7
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What year was Orwell born

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1903

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8
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At what age did Orwell die

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47

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9
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Orwell was educated at ______, a prestigious boarding school in _________

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Eton, England

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10
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Orwell considered himself a ______________ and was critical of _________

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Democratic socialist, communism

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11
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Orwell was politically and philosophically opposed to the __________

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oppression of the poor

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12
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George Orwell’s ______ influenced his work

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life

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13
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Orwell was an opponent of ________ in all of its forms

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totalitarianism

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14
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Orwell felt that the acquisition of power only made people ___________

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hungry for more

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15
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1984 is a warning about what happens when __________________

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governments are given too much power!

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16
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unlike utopian novels that present society as it should be, the ______________ presents society as it should NOT be

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dystopian novel

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17
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1984 and Orwell are critical of __________and contains an implicit warning about where these societies are heading.

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existing societies

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18
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1984 is not considered __________ – all the technical devices the party uses in the novel existed in 1948.

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science fiction

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19
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The world of 1984 is foremost a _________, not a technological, _______. (Hence it can be quite inaccurate to refer to it whenever there are concerns about new technologies.)

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political, dystopia

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20
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The technological level of the society in the novel is mostly _____________ than in the real 1980s.

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crude and less advanced

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21
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Apart from the ___________ and __________, 1984 society it is no more advanced than in wartime Britain.

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telescreens and speech-recognizing typewriters

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22
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Living standards are _____ and ____________, with rationing and unpalatable ersatz products.

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low, declining

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23
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Orwell’s vision is diametrically opposed to the technological hedonism of __________

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Brave New World

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24
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1984 denotes an attitude and a brutal policy of draconian control by ______________, _____________, ____________, _____________, and _______________.

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propaganda, surveillance, misinformation, denial of truth (doublethink), and manipulation of the past

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25
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1984 denotes an attitude and a brutal policy of draconian control by propaganda, surveillance, misinformation, denial of truth (doublethink), and manipulation of the past, including the “_________“—a person whose past existence is expunged from the public record and memory, practised by modern repressive governments.

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unperson

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26
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a person whose past existence is expunged from the public record and memory, practised by modern repressive governments.

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unperson

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27
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The word “unperson” comes directly from Orwell’s writing 1984. It carries a negative connotation and refers to anything involving ________________________.

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systematic controlling/monitoring of the individual.

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28
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Story takes place in __________ (English Socialism), a superstate in constant war with two other superstates:

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Oceania

29
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What two superstates is the superstates Oceania in constant war with?

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Eurasia (Neo-Bolshevism) and Eastasia (Death worship/ Obliteration of self)

30
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Oceania is made of ________, _________, and ________.

A

British Empire, US, and Latin America

31
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Eastasia is made of _________, ________, _______, and _________

A

Japan, India, Korea, and China

32
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Eurasia is made of __________, and ____________.

A

Soviet Union, Conventional Europe

33
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what is the “official language” of Oceania

A

Newspeak

34
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What is extraordinary about Newspeak, the language?

A

its vocabulary decreases every year, because the state of Oceania sees no purpose in maintaining complex language

35
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So Newspeak is a language dedicated to the “______________”

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destruction of words

36
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“Of course the great wastage is in the verbs and adjectives, but there are hundreds of nouns that can be got rid of as well… If you have a word like ‘good’, what need is there for a word like ‘bad’? ‘Ungood’ will do just as well… Or again, if you want a stronger version of ‘good’, what sense is there in having a whole string of vague useless words like ‘excellent’ and ‘splendid’ and all the rest of them? ‘Plusgood’ covers the meaning, or ‘doubleplusgood’ if you want something stronger still…. In the end the whole notion of goodness and badness will be covered by only six words; in reality, only one word.”
(Part One, Chapter Five)
who says this

A

character Syme

37
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what are the thoughts of the character Syme on vocabulary?

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He believes that there is no reason for advancing or increasing the use of words because the majority of them are unnecessary, according to Syme. For instance, when good is a word there is no need for bad, when you can simply use the word ungood that serves the same purpose.

38
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What are the four ministries of Oceania?

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The Ministry of Peace, The Ministry of Plenty, The Ministry of Truth, The Ministry of Love

39
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the newspeak name for the Ministry of Peace, which concerns itself with making war

A

minipax

40
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in Newspeak, it is the ministry involved in maintaining ubiquitous poverty in Oceania

A

miniplenty

41
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is the propaganda arm of the Ingsoc State. They distribute the leaflets, porno, and of course the telescreens. Winston Smith spends his daytime hours “correcting” historical records in Minitrue

A

minitrue

42
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is a gigantic windowless building devoted to torture and brutality. The home of the thought police, it is surrounded by a maze of barbed wire and machine gun towers.

A

miniluv

43
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The ministries convey paradox: WAR IS PEACE
what question is brought about by this?

A

Can war lead to peace?

44
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FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
what question is brought about by this?

A

Can freedom be confining?

45
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IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
what question is brought about by this?

A

Can one know too much?

46
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The structure of the government resembled a parody in reverse of the _________________

A

famous 1941 USA State of the Union speech by Franklin Delano Roosevelt

47
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In the 1941 USA State of the Union speech by FDR before the assembled Congress, how many freedoms did the President outline?

A

four

48
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What are the four freedoms that President FDR outlined in his USA State of the Union Speech 1941?

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1 - freedom of speech
2 - freedom of every person to worship God in his own way
3 - freedom from want
4 - freedom from fear

49
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The first freedom from FDR Speech

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1 - freedom of speech and expression everywhere in the world

50
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The second freedom from FDR Speech

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2 - freedom of every person to worship God in his own way everywhere in the world

51
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The third freedom from FDR Speech

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3 - freedom from want - also meaning economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants - everywhere in the world

52
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The fourth freedom from FDR Speech

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4 - freedom from fear - also meaning a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor - anywhere

53
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Proles made up what percent of the population?

A

85%

54
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Inner Party made up what percent of the population?

A

<2%

55
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Outer Party made up what percent of the population?

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about 13%

56
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What made up the great majority of the population?

A

Proles

57
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What made up the least majority of the population?

A

Inner Party

58
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What was in between on the population - not the most prevalent, but also not the least prevalent?

A

Outer Party

59
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The mysterious head of government is the omniscient, omnipotent, beloved ___________.

A

Big Brother, or “BB.”

60
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How is the Big Brother or “BB” described in the notes?

A

omniscient, omnipotent, and beloved

61
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Big Brother is described as

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“a man of about forty-five, with a heavy black moustache and ruggedly handsome features.”

62
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Big Brother is usually displayed on what

A

posters

63
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Big Brother is usually displayed on posters with the slogan:

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“BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU.”

64
Q

Who is the nemesis of Big Brother?

A

the hated Emmanuel Goldstein

65
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Who is Emmanuel Goldstein?

A

the hated nemesis of Big Brother
a Party member who had been in league with Big Brother and The Party during the revolution.

66
Q

Goldstein is said to be a major part of the __________.

A

Brotherhood

67
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a vast underground anti-Party fellowship

A

the Brotherhood

68
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_________ is said to be a major part of the Brotherhood, a vast underground anti-Party fellowship.

A

Goldstein

69
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U ARE DONE!

A

YAY!

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