Four events from the novel: Winston buys the coral paperweight, Julia passes the note, Winston visits O'Brien's apartment, Winston enters Room 101. Which comes first?

Why does Winston write his diary partly hidden from the telescreen in his flat?

Which event first turns Winston's secret rebellion into a shared relationship?

After meeting Julia in secret, why does Winston rent the room above Mr. Charrington's shop?

What excuse does O'Brien use to give Winston his address?

When are Winston and Julia arrested?

What finally makes Winston beg for Julia to suffer in his place?

Why is Parsons imprisoned in the Ministry of Love?

What happens to Syme before Winston's arrest?

By the final scene in the Chestnut Tree Café, what has changed most in Winston?

Which early action makes Winston's thoughtcrime visible on a physical object?

How is Julia's rebellion different from Winston's?

What role does O'Brien finally play in Winston's development?

What is the significance of Mr. Charrington's change at the arrest?

Winston's memories of his mother and sister mainly develop which conflict in him?

What does Parsons's arrest show about loyalty under the Party?

When Winston and Julia meet after release, what is clear about their relationship?

What mistake does Winston make in judging O'Brien?

The paperweight is bought, admired in the private room, and smashed at the arrest. What does that course trace?

What does Winston's diary symbolize in the opening of the novel?

How does the St. Clement's Church rhyme function as a recurring motif?

What does the recurring image of Big Brother's face mainly reinforce?

Why are rats important as a motif in Winston's story?

What is the Party's purpose for Newspeak?

What does the prole woman singing below the rented room suggest to Winston?

Across the novel, what do telescreens combine?

What point of view does the novel mainly use?

What is the broad movement of the novel's three parts?

Why does Orwell place long excerpts from Goldstein's book inside the plot?

After Winston's story, what does the appendix on Newspeak add structurally?

What do Winston's dreams and flashbacks mainly do in the narrative?

Why is Winston shown free at the Chestnut Tree Café after prison?

“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” What does this slogan describe most directly?

“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” Which Party practice does the slogan demand?

“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four.” What theme does Winston state here?

“If there is hope, it lies in the proles.” Why does Winston think this?

“BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” supports which central theme?

O'Brien tells Winston, “The object of power is power.” What does this reveal about the Party?

The Ministry of Truth lies, the Ministry of Love tortures, the Ministry of Peace wages war, and the Ministry of Plenty manages scarcity. What theme does this irony support?

“He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.” What is the final thematic force of these lines?