CLEP Intro to Sociology

Category - Political Inst

In George Orwell’s novel 1984 the government controls the personal and public lives of all citizens through regulation, surveillance, and propaganda. What is such a government called?
  1. Authoritarian
  2. Monarchy
  3. Representative
  4. Totalitarian
  5. Regulatory
Explanation
Answer: D - The government in the novel 1984 is totalitarian. Such a government seeks to maintain full control over its citizens. An authoritarian government is one that doesn’t allow government by the people, but it is not necessarily totalitarian.
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