Extra Credit Questions

Here are the EC questions for the final...I'm not giving you the answers here, but I'm sure you can figure them out on your own...

Extra Credit

1. How many birthdays does the average American MAN have?
A. 1 B. 78 C. 67 D. 84

2. Is it legal for a man in Pennsylvania to marry his widow’s sister?
A. Yes B. No

3. There are 45 apples. If you pick up 3 apples, how many apples are there?
A. 3 B. 42 C. 45 D. 125

4. You're 3rd place right now in a race. What place are you in when you pass the person in 2nd place? A. 1st B. 2nd C. 3rd D. 4th E. None of the above.

5. Divide 30 by half and add ten.
A. 40.5 B. 50 C. 70 D. 90 E. 25

6. You only have a match when you enter a dark and cold room. You come across an oil lamp, an oil heater, and a candle. Which do you light first?
A. Oil lamp. B. Oil heater. C. Candle. D. None of the above.

7. If a is equal to b, then is not a equal to not b?
A. Yes. B. No. C. Sometimes. D. None of the above.

8. How many two-cent stamps are there in a dozen?
A. 2 B. 6 C. 12 D. 24 E. None

9. The answer is really big.
A. THE ANSWER. B. Really big. C. An elephant. D. The Sun

10. How many months have 28 days?
A. 2 B. 1 C. All of them. D. Depends if it’s a leap year.

11. How many outs are there in an inning of baseball?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 E. None

12. If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 5 E. None

13. Do they have a 4th of July in England?
A. Yes B. No C. Duh, it’s England!

14. A farmer has 17 sheep, but all of them but 8 die. How many sheep are still standing?
A. 8 B. 9 C. 25 D. 35

15. How much dirt is in a square hole that is 2 feet wide by 2 feet deep?
A. 8 cubic feet B. 6 square feet C. exactly 25 pounds D. None

Final Review

Here it is - your final review. I apologize for taking so long to get it posted...feel free to login to your my.hrw.com account and take the review test, too. It's almost identical to the final exam.

Remember to send me a copy of your Research paper to my email.

Good Luck!

Final 1984 Quiz!

Here it is! The final quiz on Nineteen Eighty-Four...respond to my email with the answers for five extra credit points:

1. What three ways is Winston tortured in the Ministry of Love?

2. What does O’Brien want Winston to learn?

3. How does Winston respond to the question what is 2+2=?

4. Where does the past still occur?

5. Why does the Party torture its thought criminals? (hint: it is NOT to punish them)

6. Who wrote Goldstein’s book?

7. Why does the Party seek power?

8. Winston says he is a man. O’Brien tells Winston to get up from the bed and do what?

9. Before he is broken, what does Winston tell O’Brien he has not done? That O’Brien cannot make him do?

10. What is in Room 101?

11. What is it in Winston’s case?

12. What does O’Brien want him to believe that will signify his completion of the final step in his conversion?

13. How did O’Brien know that Winston had made this conversion? What did Winston say?

14. Who wins?

15. Where does Winston spend his time after leaving the Ministry of Love?

16. Who did Winston win victory over?

17. Does Winston die in the end?

Extra Credit:
1. What game does Winston play in the Cafe? chess
2. Who always wins that game? White
3. What happy false memory does Winston have? Playing Snakes and Ladders with his Mom
4. Winston was anxiously awaiting a telescreen announcement about a battle occurring where? Africa

No Quiz Tomorrow...

Hello my students...just for the two of you who probably sign in here:
No quiz tomorrow...that is doubleplus good! I apologize if you read and finished and are very ready for the quiz...

Quiz #9 questions

Here's the heads up I promised you...the questions on the quiz for those vigilant to check for them. This one is really easy...


1. In what building does Winston end up?

2. What two acquaintances does he meet in the cell?

3. Why is each there?

4. and…

5. What place are the people there afraid of going to?

6. Who does Winston think the drunk woman might be?

7. Who did he end up seeing in the end?

Ok...secret extra credit question:
1. Where does Winston say he's going to meet O'Brien before he leaves? In the place where there is no darkness.

You will get another five extra credit points for posting a reply to this blog with your responses to the questions...

Secret Extra Credit Questions

Heads up! As I told you, here they are - the secret extra credit questions:

1. What is the Newspeak word for 'Science'? There is none!
2. Complete the last line of the song "When I grow rich, say the bells of __" SHOREDITCH
3. What does Winston drink to before leaving O'Brien? To the past.

I know this chapter is pretty complicated, but don't worry...I won't keep you ignorant like the proles...

1984 Packet

Here it is...the long awaited and digitized 1984 packet. If you have forgotten the questions you needed to review for this book, and for your upcoming quizzes, please look here.

I will be giving you a heads up to some extra credit questions here, so make sure you check back often for hints, and links to neat propaganda related (and unrelated) to the dystopian world of 1984.

Since we are being taken from class next week because of the Science PSSA's our schedule may be interrupted. You are still responsible for the reading...