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| When and where was George Orwell born? |
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| What is George Orwell's reall name? |
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| George Orwell did not know _____very much growing up. |
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| George Orwell had ____sisters. Their names were _____and_____. |
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| Orwell attended a pretigious private school :______. |
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| What college did Orwell attend? When? |
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| What author and book influenced George Orwell? |
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| Albus Huxley---Brave New World |
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| After college, Orwell visited ______as imperial policeman. |
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| Because Orwell was a part of the oppressionary force unwillingly he wrote a book about his experiences in the police force in his book ______. |
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| ______was the name of a river where he grew up. |
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| What was the name of orwell's wife? When did they marry? |
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| Eileen O'Shaughnessy; 1936 |
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| George and his wife adopted a son ______in the year_____. |
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| Richard Hortatio Blair in 1944 |
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| During the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell wanted to fight against ______. |
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| During the Spanish civil war, Orwell was shot in the_____ |
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| Orwell was fully aware of the existance of the ______because of his work in _____. |
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| What is democratic socialism? |
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| the belief that both the economy and society should be run democratically to meet public needs not to make profits fe |
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| During the post-war period in Europe, many countries (including great britian) move toward_____. |
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| On his return to England, Orwell continued to ____and ____as well as to ____for the BBC. |
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| Orwell also wrote a book called _____about Russia which was published at the end of _____. |
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| Animal farm; world war II |
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| Orwell's first wife dies in _____. Does Orwell remarry? |
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| Orwell moves to _____in 1946. |
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| When did Orwell write 1984? Why is the novel so depressing? |
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| 1948; so depressing because Orwell was in ill health at the time |
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| Oxford Shire in a simple grave |
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| Orwell was a master of ____ and _____. He was critically observing of _____and prophetically invisioning of _____. |
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| wit and satire; politics; the future |
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| What did Orwell believe liberty was/ |
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| telling people what they did not want to hear |
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| Oceania is at war with ______. They have an alliance with ____. |
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| When Winston is writing in his diary, he represents himself as _____but he also creates a fictional man known as ______. |
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| big brother; comra de ogilvy |
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| The whole point of Winston's job is to _______. History is written by the_____. |
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| "to forget what was necessary to forget then to draw it back into memory at the moment when it was needed, then promptly to forget it again" |
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| destruction of words and vocabulary |
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| What are the main adjectives used to describe something in newspeak? |
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| good, ungood, plusgood, plusungood, doubleplusgood, doubleplusungood |
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| Newspeak seeks to limit_____. |
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| Winston's friend who works on the dictionary |
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| the setting of the novel; oceania is a part of airstrip one which would be referred to today as england |
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| What does the name winston mean? |
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| joy stone, victory town, friendly country |
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| HOw old is Winston? What are some characteristics of him? |
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| 39; he has an ulcer, chest pain, frail, works for the ministry of truth |
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| HOw is thoughtcrime controlled? |
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| through the 2 mintues hate, fear, telescreen, thought police |
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| thinking against the party |
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| the government; citizens/people; consists of 4 ministries |
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| What are the four ministries? |
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| ministry of truth, love, peace, plenty |
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| What does the Ministry of truth control? |
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| What does the ministry of love control? |
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| What does the ministry of peace control? |
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| What does the ministry of plenty control? |
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| What is the 2 minutes hate? |
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| people going against the party; Emanuel goldstein; gets people in a frenzie and causes a catharisis towards goldstein |
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| Who is Emanuel Goldstein? |
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| Julia is apart of the _____. |
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| workers, lower class; blue collar; opposite of the party |
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| followers of goldstein(the rebels); against big brother |
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| Where is the golden country? |
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| 20 miles away but outside the city |
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| How does winston try to connect with the past/life before the revolution? |
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| the old man in the pub; charrington's shop |
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| What does the Old man in the pub talk to winston about? |
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| top hatts; hyde park(represents freedom of speech because he went there to hear the speeches) |
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| Why is Winston so fascinated with the paperweight? |
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| its old, useless, "rainwater" |
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| What does the paperweight symbolize? |
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| the old days, defiance, a different world, Winston's desire for change |
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| What does Winston want to use the paperweight for? |
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| to kill Julia because she represents the party |
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| What does the thrush (bird) represent in the golden country? |
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| represents freedom ---the bird is singing because it can sing |
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| HOw does the golden country also represent freedom? |
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| because they can talk bad about the party, use profanity, and have sex |
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| Winston hates _____and______. HOw does he rebel? |
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| purity and goodness; has sex |
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| What is sex for Julia? What is sex for Winston? |
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| Why does the party want to get rid of sex? |
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| so that they can use all the energy that sex would have taken |
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| Why is Winston so surprised to see rats in Mr. Charrington's loft? |
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| becase they get into a room that's supposed to be a "safe haven" and even in the haven there is a sense of foreboding |
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| What is the purpose of the flashback about Winston and the chocolate? |
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| childhood affects adulthood; selfishness guilt; party doesn't satisfy needs |
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| "the hate song"; public executions; eurasian soldier following you |
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| When O'brien invites winston over, there is a question of _____and ______. |
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| Winston is eventually becoming a _____. |
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| IN 1984, what are the three countries in the world? |
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| Oceania, Eurasia, and East asia |
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| What countries make up Oceania? |
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| Americas, south africa, australia |
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| What is the war really about? |
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| What are the aims of the party? |
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| conquer the earth and eliminate independent thought |
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| Why doesn't the party automatically kill winston? |
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| complete domination: control and change how he thinks |
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| What two things do the party want from winston? |
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| confession and perfection |
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| Confession is ulitmately the first step toward_____. |
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| The party uses Brainwashing 101 to make Winston _____. |
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| Why does the party want to brainwash Winston? |
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| In the words of the party: "Power is not a means it is an_____. |
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| HOw does the party gain all power over Winston? |
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| physical breakdown, mental breakdown, and emotional breakdown |
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| How does the Party get winston to physically break down? |
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| beatings and "pain machine" |
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| How does the party get winston to mentally breakdown? |
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| make winston think he is insane; the five fingers; 2 +2=5 |
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| HOw does the party get winston to emotionally breakdown? |
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| figure out what he holds onto last, room 101, rat mask |
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| Who wrote Harrison Bergeron? |
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| Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (american author) |
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| Kurt Vonnegut's famous book is slaughter house five. what is it about? |
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| about experiences with world war II |
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| Kurt Vonnegut also wrote ____ and _____. |
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| cat's crade; firebombing dresden |
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| what is the point of the short story harrison Burgeron? What is the story about? |
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| equality is not always a good thing; their son is taken away for trying to take over teh government |
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| Who is the handicapper general? |
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| Who was winston married to? |
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| What does the dark-haired woman's note to winston say? |
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| HOw does the dark-haired woman give winston the note? |
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| she bumps into him and hands it to him |
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| Who owns teh shop and the upper room from the end of part I? |
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| What regret about his marriage does winston express to julia? |
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| that he didn't try to kill her |
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| What does JUlia do that surprises Winston at one of their next meetings? |
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| the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person |
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| What is a secret of propganda? |
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| it benefits when people don't know its happening |
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| What are the 7 techniques of propganda? |
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| testimonials, the bandwagon, name calling, glittering generalities, plain folks appeal, card stacking, loaded language |
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| famous people tell why they use/do things and people are always listening |
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| everyone's doing it so join in ---join the crowd and be on the winning side |
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| labels a specific person and other times to generalize about a certain type of person or memebr of a certatin group |
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| What are glittering generalities? |
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| uses slogans that sound good but provide little or no information |
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| What is plain folks appeal? |
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| people are expected to assume that someone in a simple setting can be trusted and listened to |
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| make it sound better and impl |
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| Propoganda plays on _______,______,______. |
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| emotions fears and strong ideas |
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• Changing your beliefs to align with the party, and then forgetting that you’ve changed your beliefs: |
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| What edition of the newspeak dictionairy is syme working on? |
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| What are the slogans of the party? |
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| war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength |
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| What is ingsoc in oldspeak? |
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| The name for which England is known in 1984______. |
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| Which character can turn off his/her telescreen? |
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| Who first teaches winston the "oranges and lemons" rhyme? |
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| What is Harrison's mother's name? |
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| What department is julia an employee of? |
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| Educated by fellow author Aldous Huxley at this college____. |
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| When the novel begins, Oceania is at war with this country______. |
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| While fighting against Fraco's nationalists, Orwell was shot in what body part? |
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| Who wears a red rubber nose and weights? |
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| What were the three movements for each country: Oceania, eurasia, and east asia? |
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| oceania-ingsoc; eurasia-neo bolshevism; east asia-death worship |
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| The full name of minipax? |
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| What is the newspeak name for mnistry of truth, ministry of love, and ministry of plenty? |
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| minitrue, miniluv, and miniplenty |
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| In addition to 1984, what other novel is orwell famous for? |
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| In addition to eliminating independent thought, the party's other main goal was______. |
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| Who was O'brien's servant? |
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| The majority of the population falls into this category_____. |
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| What is the chestnut tree cafe? |
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| the full name of the gathering place of the party leaders soon to be purged |
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| What evidence of the party's lies did winston once hold in his hand? |
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| Where does Winston think hope lies? |
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