Q.1
What is the immediate context for this passage?
  • The pigs have just taken up residence in the farmhouse
  • The animals' rebellion has been successful and they have begun to organize life on the farm
  • The Battle of the Cowshed has been a victory for the animals
  • The animals have begun to use Mr Whymper as an intermediary
Q.2
What immediately follows this passage?
  • The Battle of the Windmill
  • Confessions and executions
  • Mollie abandons the farm
  • Squealer explains why pigs need a better diet than the other animals
Q.3
Napoleon's idea of education can best be described as which of the following?
  • A collaboration between teacher and learner
  • A collaboration between learners
  • "Brainwashing"
  • An enterprise in which the teacher passes on as much knowledge as the student is able to learn
Q.4
Snowball is selflessly dedicated to the education of the other animals. Which of the following lines introduces some doubt about his character?
  • "The distinguishing mark of Man is the hand, the instrument with which he does all his mischief"
  • "The birds did not understand Snowball’s long words, but they accepted his explanation"
  • "The birds at first objected, since it seemed to them that they also had two legs, but Snowball proved to them that this was not so"
  • "Napoleon took no interest in Snowball’s committees"
Q.5
"The birds did not understand Snowball’s long words, but they accepted his explanation, and all the humbler animals set to work to learn the new maxim by heart." What problem does this passage reveal?
  • The attempt to make the commandments as simple as possible has the potential to lead to a loss of meaning
  • The humbler animals do not really support the commandments
  • The birds have little faith in Snowball and can easily be misled about his intentions later
  • The humbler animals are too lazy to learn all of the commandments properly
Q.6
Which animal acts on the belief that literacy is a skill to use to the benefit of others?
  • Benjamin
  • Muriel
  • Boxer
  • Napoleon
Q.7
Sheep are known for behaving as a group, rather than as individuals, making them ideal as Napoleon's unthinking followers in . Their portrayal here also shows signs of which of the following?
  • Humour
  • Idealism
  • Bitterness
  • Corruption
Q.8
Mollie's educational focus reveals which characteristic?
  • Hard-heartedness
  • Jealousy
  • Vanity
  • Impatience
Q.9
Why does Napoleon choose the loft for raising the puppies?
  • Because it is reached by a ladder and only pigs can climb ladders
  • Seclusion is necessary so that the puppies do not grow attached to any of the other animals
  • Secrecy is necessary because Napoleon does not wish the other animals to become aware of his plans
  • All of the above
Q.10
Many of the animals' natural traits are shown to act against their ability to preserve their own welfare. Which of the following traits is NOT apparent in this passage?
  • Trustfulness
  • Disloyalty
  • Forgetfulness
  • Inability to learn to read well
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