1984 by George Orwell

1984 Part III Chapter I 1. Describe Winston’s cell.

2. Describe the Party prisoners.

3. Describe the “ropes” of the forced labor camp.

4. What friend does Winston make in the holding cell?

5. How is Winston’s hunger a good thing?

6. What are Winston’s thoughts of Julia?

7. What does Winston hope O’Brien will do?

8. How does Winston know that he is at the Ministry of Love?

9. Who is Winston’s cell mate?

10. What is Ampleforth’s crime? 11. What is the second cellmate guilty of?

12. What misconceptions does Parsons have?

13. How does Parsons maintain his loyalty to the party?

14. Which prisoner does Winston find most disturbing?

15. How does the skull faced man respond to the mention of Room 101?

16. What sacrifice would Winston make for Julia?

17. How does he contradict himself after being struck on the elbow?

Chapter II 18. What does Winston find the most “unforgivable” thing about the beatings?

19. How is Winston nursed?

2 20. What torture besides beatings does Winston endure?

21. What crimes does Winston confess to?

22. How are these confessions actually true?

23. Who does Winston believe is controlling his torture?

24. What new pain does Winston experience at his meeting with O’Brien?

25. What is O’Brien’s estimate of Winston?

26. What evidence of “delusion” does O’Brien present to Winston?

27. What protest does Winston make about controlling people’s memories?

28. Explain “Reality is not external.”

29. What wrong answer earns Winston an electric shock?

3 30. What progress does Winston make with the 2+2 exercise?

31. Why does Winston love O’Brien?

32. Why are there no martyrs in Oceania?

33. What is the ultimate goal of the Ministry of Love?

34. What does O’Brien reveal about Rutherford, Jones, and Aaronson?

35. What new painless torture does Winston endure?

36. What questions does Winston ask O’Brien?

Chapter III 37. What are the three stages of reintegration?

38. Who wrote Goldstein’s book?

4 39. What does O’Brien want Winston to explain? Why?

40. Why does the Party seek power?

41. What is Winston’s estimation of O’Brien?

42. How does the Party differ from Nazis and Communists?

43. Why does O’Brien compare the individual to a cell?

44. What does “Slavery is freedom” mean?

45. How can individuals become immortal?

46. How does O’Brien answer Winston’s questions about natural law?

47. What is “solipsism”?

48. How does O’Brien describe power?

5 49. What measures is the Party taking to abolish loyalties?

50. What is Winston’s opinion of the world the Party plans to create?

51. What principle will defeat the Party according to Winston?

52. Describe the image Winston sees in the mirror.

53. What comment does O’Brien make about Winston’s pride?

54. What one degradation has Winston avoided?

Chapter IV 55. How has Winston’s condition improved?

56. How has Winston become satisfied?

57. How long had the Thought Police watched Winston?

6 58. List come concepts that Winston now accepts.

59. What crimestop does Winston perform? Why?

60. What possible situations exist for Winston’s future?

61. What does Winston think has become of Julia?

62. What is freedom to Winston?

63. How does Winston feel about Big Brother?

Chapter V 64. What is Room 101?

65. Why does O’Brien say that pain is sometimes not enough?

66. How does O’Brien describe what the rat can do?

7 67. Describe the construction of the cage.

68. How does Winston avoid this torture?

Chapter VI 69. What is Winston worried about?

70. How have Winston’s mind processes changed?

71. What does the smell of the gin remind Winston of?

72. What new job does Winston have?

73. Describe Winston’s meeting with Julia.

74. How has Julia changed?

75. What admissions do Winston and Julia make to one another?

8 76. On what do they agree?

77. How can Winston relate to the song on the telescreen?

78. What is the Interim Report?

79. What does Winston recall from his childhood?

80. How does Winston react to the telescreen announcement?

81. Why is Winston suddenly at peace?