Thursday, February 26, 2015

Part Two: Chapters 1 - 8, pp 105 - 184 Due 3/2


Reading Quiz 3/2
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Part 2 Chapters I-VIII (105-184)
48.       What made work difficult for Winston as you begin Part 2? 
49.       What is odd about Winston’s interactions with Julia?
50.       “Winston followed her, he found they were in a natural clearing…ripping off her scarlet sash…produced a small slab of chocolate” (121). To what biblical reference do they passages refer?
51.       Why would Winston tell Julia the more promiscuous she is “the more I love you” (125)?
52.       How would you describe Julia?
53.       How does Julia compare/contrast to Katharine?
54.       What is the significance to the conversation between Winston and Julia about hiking with Katharine (134-5)?
55.       What was “as though they were intentionally stepping nearer to their graves” (140)?
56.       What does the room above Mr. Charrington’s shop provide (142)?
57.       What does Winston call “Of all horrors in the world” (144)?
58.       For what purpose does Hate Week seem to serve (148-)?
59.       In what month did Winston and Julia first meet in the hallway? When is it now in the text (150)?
60.       How does the concept of “illusion versus reality” connect with Winston (151-153)?
61.       “Who cares? It’s always one bloody war after another, and one knows the news is all lies anyway…I’m quite ready to take risks, but only for something worth while…” (154-5). How do Julia and Winston differ in their perspectives on the government’s tampering with history?
62.       How is Winston’s encounter with O’Brien in the hallway different than with Julia (158-9)?
63.       What is meant by “the last step” that Winston “accepts” (159)?
64.       What does Winston remember about his family (160)?
65.       What is Winston’s conclusion to the Party and feelings? What does he realize about the proles (165)?
66.       What is “real betrayal” (166)?
67.       What literary device is imployed when Julia says, “They can’t get inside your head” (166)?
68.       What does O’Brien reveal to Winston (171)?
69.              What is the one thing Julia is not prepared to sacrifice (173)?

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