Details
Languages
English
Grade
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Resource Type
Assessments, Exam, Quiz, Tests, Worksheets
Product
Digital
Pages
60 Pages
Subject
ELA, Literature & Poetry, Classic Literature
Standard
Common Core English Language Arts Standards
Description
This bundle of 20 assessments (10 objective versions and 10 alternate short answer versions) measures general reading comprehension and holds students accountable for understanding general plot details about George Orwell's 1984. Materials are made for Google Drive and delivered as editable Google Docs and self-grading Google Forms. Questions pertain to the following key details:
"Big Brother is watching you"
Setting
Winston's job
The telescreen and its purpose
The ironic role of the Ministry of Peace
Characteristics of proles
Writing as an act of rebellion
The Party's efforts to stir up hate
Winston's feelings toward the Party
Winston as a thought-criminal
Winston's fear of the Thought Police
The Junior Spies and their job
Public executions of the Party's dissidents
Winston's dream involving O'Brien's voice
Winston's dream involving his mother
A government purge
Physical jerks
Why it is so difficult to recall one's childhood
Oceania's enemy country
Communication via the telescreen
Comrade Withers
The concept of "unpersoning" an individual
The purpose of Newspeak
Understanding Doublespeak
Syme's intelligence and Winston's concerns about it
Ironic messaging from the Ministry of Plenty
Winston's diary entry
The government's goal concerning sexual behavior
Winston's ex-wife
Winston's internal strife
Winston's assessment on who would best stage a revolt against the government
Winston's reasoning behind the aforementioned assessment
The logic as to why the proles would not likely stage a revolt
Living conditions
A photograph and Winston's concerns about it
Winston's belief on how reality should be determined
Winston's curiosity about actual history (not the Party-sanctioned accounts of it)
Winston's fear over being followed
An alternative to the Thought Police's torture
The irony of Julia's message to Winston
Analysis of Julia's comment, " We're not dead yet."
Hate Week
The prisoner transport
Winston's reaction to Julia's very personal admission
Primary influences on Julia's behaviors
How the government manipulates people into frenzy
Winston's alarming admission about his ex-wife
The room Winston rents
Julia's encounter with a rat
The significance of the paperweight
Winston's imagination as he stares into the paperweight
The expected vanishing of a character
Winston's reaction to the singing of a prole woman
The hate song and other preparations for Hate Week
Julia's accusations against the Party
An encounter with O'Brien
O'Brien's offer to Winston
Winston's nightmare
Winston's previous belief that he was responsible for his mom's death
A flood of memories returning
The Party's influence on its members
How Winston and Julia are jeopardizing their own safety
Winston and Julia's desire to join the Brotherhood
An encounter with O'Brien
Winston's feelings after his meeting with O'Brien
Winston's 90-hour work week
Oceania's new enemy
Goldstein's book
A singing prole woman
"We are the dead"
The picture on the wall and what it conceals
The sudden appearance of troops
A realization about Mr. Charrington
Winston's imprisonment
A prole woman with the last name of Smith
An imprisoned poet and his crime
Parson's imprisonment and his crime
Who turned Parsons in for his crime
Winston's suicidal thoughts
O'Brien's torture techniques/methods of persuasion
The Party's efforts to control the mind
Winston's growing appreciation for O'Brien
The Party's efforts to eliminate their opposition
O'Brien's comments about Julia
Room 101
Winston's efforts to see the Party's way
Winston's nightmare
Winston's confession that he still hates the Party
Winston's worst nightmare and O'Brien's most effective torture technique
Winston's means of getting out of his torturous situation (betrayal)
A reunion at the Chestnut Tree Cafe
Winston's ultimate feelings about Big Brother
"Big Brother is watching you"
Setting
Winston's job
The telescreen and its purpose
The ironic role of the Ministry of Peace
Characteristics of proles
Writing as an act of rebellion
The Party's efforts to stir up hate
Winston's feelings toward the Party
Winston as a thought-criminal
Winston's fear of the Thought Police
The Junior Spies and their job
Public executions of the Party's dissidents
Winston's dream involving O'Brien's voice
Winston's dream involving his mother
A government purge
Physical jerks
Why it is so difficult to recall one's childhood
Oceania's enemy country
Communication via the telescreen
Comrade Withers
The concept of "unpersoning" an individual
The purpose of Newspeak
Understanding Doublespeak
Syme's intelligence and Winston's concerns about it
Ironic messaging from the Ministry of Plenty
Winston's diary entry
The government's goal concerning sexual behavior
Winston's ex-wife
Winston's internal strife
Winston's assessment on who would best stage a revolt against the government
Winston's reasoning behind the aforementioned assessment
The logic as to why the proles would not likely stage a revolt
Living conditions
A photograph and Winston's concerns about it
Winston's belief on how reality should be determined
Winston's curiosity about actual history (not the Party-sanctioned accounts of it)
Winston's fear over being followed
An alternative to the Thought Police's torture
The irony of Julia's message to Winston
Analysis of Julia's comment, " We're not dead yet."
Hate Week
The prisoner transport
Winston's reaction to Julia's very personal admission
Primary influences on Julia's behaviors
How the government manipulates people into frenzy
Winston's alarming admission about his ex-wife
The room Winston rents
Julia's encounter with a rat
The significance of the paperweight
Winston's imagination as he stares into the paperweight
The expected vanishing of a character
Winston's reaction to the singing of a prole woman
The hate song and other preparations for Hate Week
Julia's accusations against the Party
An encounter with O'Brien
O'Brien's offer to Winston
Winston's nightmare
Winston's previous belief that he was responsible for his mom's death
A flood of memories returning
The Party's influence on its members
How Winston and Julia are jeopardizing their own safety
Winston and Julia's desire to join the Brotherhood
An encounter with O'Brien
Winston's feelings after his meeting with O'Brien
Winston's 90-hour work week
Oceania's new enemy
Goldstein's book
A singing prole woman
"We are the dead"
The picture on the wall and what it conceals
The sudden appearance of troops
A realization about Mr. Charrington
Winston's imprisonment
A prole woman with the last name of Smith
An imprisoned poet and his crime
Parson's imprisonment and his crime
Who turned Parsons in for his crime
Winston's suicidal thoughts
O'Brien's torture techniques/methods of persuasion
The Party's efforts to control the mind
Winston's growing appreciation for O'Brien
The Party's efforts to eliminate their opposition
O'Brien's comments about Julia
Room 101
Winston's efforts to see the Party's way
Winston's nightmare
Winston's confession that he still hates the Party
Winston's worst nightmare and O'Brien's most effective torture technique
Winston's means of getting out of his torturous situation (betrayal)
A reunion at the Chestnut Tree Cafe
Winston's ultimate feelings about Big Brother
This bundle of 20 assessments (10 objective versions and 10 alternate short answer versions) measures general reading comprehension and holds students accountable for understanding general plot details about George Orwell's 1984. Materials are made for Google Drive and delivered as... more
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Are answer keys included?
Yes, answer keys are included.
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In what format(s) will I receive this product?
This resource is made for Google Drive. You will receive Google Doc versions, as well as Google Forms versions.
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Does this resource offer self-grading functionality?
All multiple choice questions are automatically graded. For constructed response questions, feedback is embedded in the Google Form.
