This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > George Orwell > George Orwell – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books George Orwell Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The pig who gave rise to the inspiration of the Rebellion before he passed away was ..... A) Napoleon. B) Snowball. C) Old Major. D) Moses. E) Wayne. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Old Major. 2. Snowball has the following characteristics except: A) Drunkard. B) Intelligent. C) Sympathetic. D) Charismatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drunkard. 3. The author's overall message of 1984 is ..... A) The world is becoming bankrupt and is headed for economic collapse. B) The world is slowly drifting towards totalitarian government. C) The lower classes will overthrow the ruling classes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The world is slowly drifting towards totalitarian government. 4. George Orwell was the pen name of? A) Richard Bachman. B) Eric Blair. C) Stephen King. D) Jonathan Franzen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eric Blair. 5. What is the name of the girl that Winston falls in love with in '1984'? A) Sarah. B) Julia. C) Lily. D) Emma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Julia. 6. The untrustworthy neighbor Mr. Frederick in Animal Farm is based on ..... A) Winston Churchill. B) Where is he?. C) Joseph Stalin. D) Mao Zedong. E) Adolf Hitler. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Adolf Hitler. 7. What is Orwell most influencial novel? A) 2002. B) 1945. C) 1800. D) 1984. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1984. 8. When he was young, Orwell had written many literary texts. A) Right. B) Error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Error. 9. 1 Where did Orwell go to school? A) Eton School. B) Eton College. C) Eton University. D) Was not given. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eton College. 10. What does the novel 1984 explore about the human spirit? A) Its indifference. B) Its weakness. C) Its resilience. D) Its cruelty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its resilience. 11. True or False. Orwell was an essayist, a journalist, and a literary critic all in the same year A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 12. What observation does Sage the Elder make in his speech on the animal condition? A) Animals are treated well by humans. B) Animals are victims of human violence and domination. C) Animals coexist peacefully with humans. D) The animal condition has not evolved for half a century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Animals are victims of human violence and domination. 13. Who took control of the farm? A) Horses. B) Animals. C) Dogs. D) The pigs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The pigs. 14. The Seven Commandments of God were written on the wall. A) And. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 15. What did totalitarian regimes aim to destroy in order to control the citizenry? A) The belief in subjective truth. B) The belief in individual perspectives. C) The belief in objective truth. D) The belief in critical thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The belief in objective truth. 16. What is the purpose of the Two Minutes Hate in '1984'? A) To express love for the Party. B) To promote unity among citizens. C) To encourage independent thinking. D) To show loyalty to Big Brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To show loyalty to Big Brother. 17. What is the setting of the novel Animal Farm? A) England. B) France. C) Germany. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Russia. 18. George Orwell was born in: A) South Africa. B) South America. C) Southern California. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) India. 19. The animals are not happy because the farmer ..... A) Forgot to give them food. B) Sold them at the market. C) Wants to eat them all. D) Want to be free. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forgot to give them food. 20. What is the theme of Animal Farm? A) A criticism against capitalism. B) An argument for green energy. C) A satire of authoritarianism. D) An outcry against animal cruelty. E) A message to support veganism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A satire of authoritarianism. 21. What career did George Orwell initially pursue as a young man in Burma? A) Medicine. B) Indian Imperial Police. C) Law. D) Teaching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indian Imperial Police. 22. At the end of the play, what feelings does Winston have toward Big Brother? A) Still hates him. B) Loves him without a doubt. C) He wants to kill him. D) Wants to rebel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loves him without a doubt. 23. Select the true information about George Orwell. A) He came from a wealthy family. B) He spent his childhood in India. C) His real name was Eric Arthur Blair. D) He graduated from the University of Oxford. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His real name was Eric Arthur Blair. 24. Which of the following statements comparing the excerpts from 1984 and The Jungle is most accurate? A) Both analyze the individual's rebellion against a corrupt society. B) Both examine the individual's fight for justice in an unjust world. C) Both portray the individual's lack of control in a powerful society. D) Both describe the individual's quest to fulfill a dream in a new place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both portray the individual's lack of control in a powerful society. 25. What was the instrument on the right-hand wall called? A) Computer. B) Telescreen. C) Radio. D) Television. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telescreen. 26. What inspired Orwell to create the gloomy atmosphere in 1984? A) Spanish Civil War. B) V-1 attack at his house. C) Nazism and Stalinism. D) World War 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) V-1 attack at his house. 27. Benjamin could read and knew what the pigs were doing, but he chose to not do anything about it. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. Where was he buried? A) In a peaceful cemetery in Paris. B) In a peaceful cemetery in London. C) Was not given. D) In a peaceful cemetery in the English countryside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In a peaceful cemetery in the English countryside. 29. What is the name of the room above Mr. Charrington's shop in '1984'? A) The Golden Country. B) The Room of Secrets. C) The Room of Freedom. D) The Room of Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Room of Love. 30. What did his work emphasize? A) Fictional incidents. B) Form of expression. C) Propaganda. D) His love for reading and writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His love for reading and writing. 31. What is the purpose of the Party's use of propaganda in '1984'? A) To foster a sense of unity and community among citizens. B) To promote freedom of speech and expression. C) To control and manipulate the thoughts and beliefs of the citizens. D) To encourage critical thinking and independent thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To control and manipulate the thoughts and beliefs of the citizens. 32. Orwell believes that to write a novel, one must have A) A mental disorder. B) A burning desire to be heard. C) The patience of a saint. D) A demon inside them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A demon inside them. 33. Who does Napolean symbolize? A) Karl Marx. B) Bolshevick. C) Tzar Nicholas II. D) Joseph Stalin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joseph Stalin. 34. Possible to imagine or understand; believable. They serve ice cream in every ..... flavor. A) Hogwash. B) Unreal. C) Conceivable. D) Unlikely. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conceivable. 35. George Orwell's real name was ..... A) Eric Abraham Blair. B) Eric Alfred Blair. C) Eric Archibald Blair. D) Eric Arthur Blair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eric Arthur Blair. 36. Where does Winston Smith work? A) Ministry of Health. B) Ministry of Truth. C) Ministry of Education. D) Ministry of Defense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ministry of Truth. 37. What happened to Winston at the end of the story? A) Escaped from Oceania. B) Was executed. C) He was released. D) Joined the Brotherhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was executed. 38. Which of the following characters represents the leader of the propaganda department of a dystopic socialist state? A) Snowball. B) Napoleon. C) Boxer. D) Squealer. E) Trump. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Squealer. 39. What type of political regime has Animal Farm assumed since the rise of the figure of Napoleon to power? A) Liberal democracy. B) Monarchy. C) Totalitarianism. D) Authoritarianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Totalitarianism. 40. How many motives to write does Orwell believe there are? A) Two. B) Four. C) Three. D) There are no motives, only discipline. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Four. 41. In the biography, which of the following is NOT a theme in George Orwell's work? A) Imperialism. B) Social injustice. C) Class iniquities. D) Environmental concerns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environmental concerns. 42. What happened to the people in room 101? A) Everyone there faced what they considered the most terrible thing in the world. B) This is where the final evaporation took place. C) It was a room where-through a one-way mirror-people watched the torture of their loved ones. D) All thought crimes committed by a given person were displayed on telescreens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Everyone there faced what they considered the most terrible thing in the world. 43. Until the age of about 25, Orwell would mentally narrate A) What he thought about other people. B) What he would do when he had succeeded as an author. C) Different versions of stories he had read. D) His own life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His own life. 44. Which of the following is based on Leo Trotsky, an idealistic Russian leader. A) Squealer. B) Minimus. C) Napoleon. D) Snowball. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Snowball. 45. When the two dogs, Constance and Fleur, gave birth, Napoleon: A) Took the puppies from their mother and sequestered them in an attic. B) Suggested that mothers make police dogs out of them. C) Suggested that female dogs be decorated for their fertility. D) Warned them that if they had any more puppies, they would be killed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Took the puppies from their mother and sequestered them in an attic. 46. How did totalitarian regimes in 1984 induce mental disorientation among the citizenry? A) By valuing individual perspectives. B) By encouraging critical thinking. C) By falsifying history. D) By promoting objective truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By falsifying history. 47. At the end of the uprising of the animals, the farmer, his wife and the workers A) Are killed with horns. B) Flee and abandon the farm. C) Are crushed by panicked animals. D) Accept the conditions dictated by the animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flee and abandon the farm. 48. In the end, Napoleon and Mr. Pilkington argue over A) Of a dancer. B) Of a cream cake. C) Of cheating at a card game. D) A bottle of champagne. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of cheating at a card game. 49. Untidy; shabby; slobby The mother was embarrassed to see the mounds of dirty clothes in her son's ..... dorm room. A) Expensive. B) Frowsy. C) Tidy. D) Huge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frowsy. 50. Abnormally enlarged or swollen, usually referring to veins To prevent ..... veins, you should not wear high heels A) Miniscule. B) Nasty. C) Blue. D) Varicose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Varicose. 51. Why was Homage to Catalonia critiqued? A) Too political. B) Too abstract. C) The language was too complex. D) Too long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Too political. 52. What is the name of the surveillance device used by the Party in '1984'? A) Newspeak. B) Memory Hole. C) Telescreen. D) Thought Police. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telescreen. 53. In his writing Orwell wanted to show the struggles of "real" people, some kind of lie he had to expose and the toll democracy takes on the human spirit. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 54. What did the posters plastered everywhere say? A) Big Brother is watching you. B) Freedom is slavery. C) War is peace. D) Ignorance is strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Big Brother is watching you. 55. In which year was the novel '1984' published? A) 1962. B) 1948. C) 1954. D) 1984. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1948. 56. Was George Orwell? A) Writer, essayist and speaker. B) Writer, poet and journalist. C) Writer, essayist and journalist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writer, essayist and journalist. 57. Who was a friend of Tolkien's whom he frequently met? A) C S Lewis. B) George Orwell. C) James Joyce. D) Anthony Hopkins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C S Lewis. 58. What is the main focus of the novel 1984? A) The pursuit of truth. B) The pursuit of happiness. C) The pursuit of power. D) The pursuit of wealth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The pursuit of truth. 59. In 1941 he started working for the BBC, a job which he liked. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 60. What message is Animal Farm conveying about the dangers of totalitarianism? A) The benefits of totalitarianism. B) The need for a strong leader. C) The dangers and oppressive nature of totalitarian rule. D) The importance of conformity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dangers and oppressive nature of totalitarian rule. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesGeorge Orwell Quiz 1George Orwell Quiz 2George Orwell Quiz 3George Orwell Quiz 4George Orwell Quiz 6George Orwell Quiz 7 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books