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Question #2

In Winston's mind the smell of perfume was "inextricably mixed up" with his experience with the prostitute, because women in the Party never wore perfume. What does "inextricable"mean?





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Question #3

Winston explains that "the Party was trying to kill the sex instinct, or, if it could not be killed, then to distort it and dirty it."

What does"distort"mean?





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Question #4

Winston explains that the women of the Party have had their natural feelings about sex driven out of them "by careful early conditioning, by games and cold water, by the rubbish that was dinned into them at school and in the Spies . . ."

What does"conditioning"mean?





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Question #5

Winston wrote about the prostitute in his diary as a means of therapy, hoping it would help him to block out the tormenting memory. Did the therapy work?





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Question #6

Were there any words that you did not know?
You can always list them here.

What do you think will happen in the next chapter?
(This is just a spot for you to jot some notes for yourself.)

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Part I Chapter 6

What is the main idea of this chapter?

In Winston's mind the smell of perfume was "inextricably mixed up" with his experience with the prostitute, because women in the Party never wore perfume. What does "inextricable"mean?

Winston explains that "the Party was trying to kill the sex instinct, or, if it could not be killed, then to distort it and dirty it."

What does"distort"mean?

Winston explains that the women of the Party have had their natural feelings about sex driven out of them "by careful early conditioning, by games and cold water, by the rubbish that was dinned into them at school and in the Spies . . ."

What does"conditioning"mean?

Winston wrote about the prostitute in his diary as a means of therapy, hoping it would help him to block out the tormenting memory. Did the therapy work?

Were there any words that you did not know?
You can always list them here.

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Question #2

What percentage of Oceania's population is made up of proles (people not belonging to the Party)?





Please enter the first three words of a sentence that shows your answers is correct.