1. Feraco Myth to Science Fiction 31 March 2009
1984: WAR!!! (DAY ONE)
Feraco
Myth to Science Fiction
31 March 2009

2.
Where is Airstrip One?

3.
What is Winston’s job, and what does it involve?

4.
Who does Winston “invent” in Chapter III, and who does he erase?

5.
Why does Winston have trouble walking, and what does this symbolize?

6.
How is Winston able to write in his diary?

7.
What “rare” commodity do people keep asking Winston for?

8.
Whose faces are shown prominently during the Two Minutes Hate?

9.
Who is Winston’s wife?

10.
How does Winston acquire his diary?

11.
What does Winston buy in Charrington’s shop (besides the diary)?

12.
What does Winston use to do his job?

13.
Where does Winston put old records when he is finished?

14.
When is the date that Winston first writes in his diary?

15.
What is “facecrime”?

16.
Who accuses Winston of being a thought-criminal?

17.
Where does Winston imagine he is when he dreams of his family? (There are two places…)

18.
Who did Winston see in the Chestnut Tree Café?

19.
What is the only thing that captures the proles’ attention?

20.
Who does Winston notice during the Two Minutes Hate, and who catches his eye?

21.
Who does Winston see after leaving Charrington’s shop in Chapter VIII?

22.
Why does Winston dive to the ground in Chapter VIII?

23.
Why does Syme admire Newspeak?

24.
Why does Winston believe Syme will be vaporized?

25.
Why does Winston erase people?

26.
How does Winston define freedom at the end of a chapter?

27.
What does Winston write after writing, “I understand HOW”?

28.
What experience does Winston feel a need to “pour out” into the diary in Chapter 6?

29.
What proof did Winston have that the party engaged in lies?

30.
Why does the Party say that “proles and animals are free”?

31.
What is “thoughtcrime”?

32.
What is “doublethink”?

33.
What are the sacred principles of Ingsoc?

34.
What are the Party’s three slogans?

35.
What are the names of Oceania’s ministries (both in Oldspeak and Newspeak)?

36.
Which group was in power before Ingsoc, and how were they described?

37.
What are the words to the song Winston hears from the Chestnut Tree Café telescreen?