Definitions

Question 1

What is a Telescreen

Answer 1

A 2 way video device that functions as a television and a surveillance system for the party

Question 2

What are Thought Police

Answer 2

Thought police (thinkpol) are a group that are responsible for detecting, prosecuting and eliminating people who have beliefs which don’t align with the party

Question 3

What is Two minutes Hate

Answer 3

Two Minutes Hate was a period of two minutes several times a day to unite the party members of Oceania against the common enemies of the state, namely, Goldstein. They watch a video with images of the enemy and hurl insults at it.

Question 4

Who is big brother

Answer 4

Big Brother is a character and symbol in George Orwell’s dystopian 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is ostensibly the leader of Oceania, a totalitarian state wherein the ruling party, Ingsoc, wields total power “for its own sake” over the inhabitants.

Question 5

What is the brotherhood

Answer 5

The anti-government underground group which wants to undermine and sabotage the party’s efforts

Question 6

What is newspeak

Answer 6

New form of the English language being implemented across Oceania which includes the destruction of words to make the language more efficient and control peoples range of thought

Question 7

Ingsoc

Answer 7

Ingsoc is the Newspeak word for the political ideology of the governing party of Oceania. It is short for English Socialism.

Question 8

What is the inner party

Answer 8

The Inner Party is the ruling class, and it communicates Big Brother’s message to the lower classes.

Question 9

What is the outer party

Answer 9

The Outer Party members hold positions of trust, but they aren’t decision makers in the government.

Question 10

Who are the proles

Answer 10

The working class in 1984 is composed of the Proles, short for the Proletariat. The Proles are the lower class and live in the worst conditions in Oceania. However, they also enjoy the most freedom, in that they do not suffer the constant surveillance the Inner Party must deal with.

Question 11

What is doublethink

Answer 11

The power of holding contradictory ideas in one’s head and agreeing with both

Question 12

What does vaporize mean

Answer 12

an Unperson in Newspeak is someone who has been vaporized. Vaporization is when a person is secretly murdered and erased from society, the present, the universe, and existence.

Question 13

Airstrip One

Answer 13

Airstrip One (formerly known as Great Britain) is a province of Oceania, one of the three totalitarian super-states that rule the world