NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR BLOOM’S TAXONOMY ASSESSMENT – ENGLISH 12 – P1
Mr.
Findley
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016
STUDENT NUMBER: 1234567
INSTRUCTIONS
 Read all instructions carefully.
 All personal electronic devices must be turned off and put away in a backpack, bag, or purse. You may not
turn on your device until after the end of the period.
 Correspondence or interactions with any other students prior to their writing the test is considered a violation
of academic integrity.
 You must enter your student number above.
 Save a copy of the test to your workspace with your student number only (E.g. : 123456_1984_Assessment)
 You may consult your in class copy of the novel, an online version of the novel, and use your own personal
prewritten answers.
 All prewritten work must be provided to your teacher after the exam
 Remember you MUST answer 2 questions from each of the three parts of the novel.
 You must use appropriate quotations for each of your responses.
1984 Part 1 / Responses 1 & 2
Choose two of the questions below to answer in a paragraph form in the spaces provided using the ‘state/quote/clarify’ model.
Please provide page citations for all quotes.
P1:Q1
Discuss the party’s use and control of sex using Winstons’ recollection about his wife (P1:Q19) and his encounter with
the prole prostitute (P1:Q20).
P1: Q2
Discuss the importance of Big Brother and Emmanuel Goldstein to the party’s governance (P1:Q14, P1:Q2
P1:Q3
Discuss Winston’s desire for contact with the proles (P1:Q23) and his engagement of Mr. Charrington in conversation
(P1:Q24).
P1:Q4
Discuss the importance of objects to Winston given his purchases from Mr. Charrington’s shop (P1:Q25) and the item
he uses to seal his fate at the beginning of the novel (P1:Q4).
P1:Q5
Discuss the significance of Winston’s dreams given his one about O’Brien (P1:Q10) and other dreams he describes in
part 1 (P1:Q11).
P1:Q1:
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P1:Q1
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P1:Q2:
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1984 Part 2 / Responses 1 & 2
Choose two of the questions below to answer in a paragraph form in the spaces provided using the ‘state/quote/clarify’ model.
Please provide page citations for all quotes.
P2:Q1
Discuss Winston’s view of Julia’s rebellion as expressed in his view of her corruption (P2:Q7) and his comment about
her being a “rebel from the waist downwards.” (P2:Q15)
P2: Q2
Discuss the role Goldstein’s book plays as dealt with in Winston’s receiving it (P2:Q16) and his reading of the book
(P2:Q26-29)
P2:Q3
Discuss Winston and Julia’s relationship and devotion to one another as detailed when they join the Brotherhood
(P2:Q20) and also with her wearing of the make-up (P2:Q12)
P2:Q4
Discuss the songs to Winston as demonstrated when O’Brien gives him some more lines (P2:Q21) and when listening
to the old woman singing (P2:Q31)
P2:Q5
Discuss the significance Orwell’s use of the symbols of the thrush (P2:Q6) and the paper weight (P2:Q33)
P2:Q1:
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P2:Q2:
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NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR BLOOM’S TAXONOMY ASSESSMENT – ENGLISH 12 – P1
P2:Q2
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1984 Part 3 / Responses 1 & 2
Choose two of the questions below to answer in a paragraph form in the spaces provided using the ‘state/quote/clarify’ model.
Please provide page citations for all quotes.
P1:Q1
Discuss Winston’s interactions with Ampleforth (P3:Q6) and Parsons (P3:Q7) and their perception of their
circumstances.
P1: Q2
Discuss O’Brien’s views about doublethink (P3:Q12) and memory (P3:Q13) and their use by the Party.
P1:Q3
Discuss the Party’s differences from past persecutors of people (P3:Q17) and its refusal to have martyrs (P3:Q16) as a
means for greater control of the society.
P1:Q4
Discuss the Party’s beliefs about power (P3:Q22) and hate (P3:Q23) as tools for control of the population.
P1:Q5
Discuss the Party’s use of torture (P3:Q11) and Room 101 (P3:Q26 & 27) as tools for reintegrating prisoners.
P3:Q1:
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P3:Q2:
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Bonus Questions: Choose 4 of the following questions to answer
1.
The only word in the English language that ends with the letters “mt” is Type your answer here.
2.
What do the words racecar and kayak have in common? Type your answer here.
3.
There is one cheese that is made backwards. That cheese is Type your answer here.
4.
Which word in the English language contains a man, a woman, a great man, and a great woman? Type your answer here.
5.
A rooster laid an egg right between Farmer Brown and Farmer Green’s property. The rooster belongs to Farmer Brown, but the
egg is one centimeter more to the side of Farmer Green’s property. Who keeps the egg? Type your answer here.
6.
In the wild, a polar bear will never eat a penguin no matter how hungry it is. Why not? Type your answer here.
7.
A kilometer long train is travelling at 60 km/hr when it reaches a kilometer long tunnel. How long will it take the entire train to
pass through the tunnel? Type your answer here
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