Q.1
What is the immediate context for this passage?
  • The Battle of the Cowshed has just taken place
  • The windmill has collapsed during a storm
  • Several animals have confessed to crimes and been executed
  • The windmill has just been completed
Q.2
What immediately follows this passage?
  • Boxer is taken away
  • The Battle of the Cowshed
  • The pigs get drunk on whisky
  • The animals sing "Beasts of England"
Q.3
The animals' terrible grief is directly contrasted with which of the following?
  • The beauty and peaceful appearance of their own farm
  • Boxer's increased determination
  • Clover's troubled thoughts
  • Boxer's fidgeting
Q.4
Boxer searches for the reason behind the shocking series of confessions and executions. In which one of the following lines does he find what he believes to be the cause?
  • "I do not understand it. I would not have believed that such things could happen on our farm"
  • "It must be due to some fault in ourselves"
  • "The solution, as I see it, is to work harder"
  • "From now onwards I shall get up a full hour earlier in the mornings"
Q.5
The ideals of the revolution are set against which of the following?
  • The grass and the bursting hedges
  • Boxer's toil
  • Hunger and the whip
  • The protection of the ducklings
Q.6
Which of the following best describes the mood of this passage?
  • Hopeful
  • Mournful
  • Suspicious
  • One of contentment
Q.7
Which of the following is true?
  • Clover is feeling rebellious
  • Clover feels disenchanted, but has no plans to rebel
  • Clover is planning to share her thoughts, perhaps with Benjamin
  • All of the above
Q.8
What motivates Clover to keep working?
  • The joy she feels when she gazes upon the beautiful farm
  • The fear she feels at the thought of Mr Jones returning
  • Fear of the fierce dogs
  • Individual loyalty to the pigs
Q.9
The image of the animals huddled around Clover is juxtaposed with a memory of a similar image in which she protected the orphaned ducklings. What is the effect of the juxtaposition?
  • It reminds the reader that animals do not tend to cooperate in this way
  • It adds a feeling of hope to an otherwise hopeless scene
  • It makes the scene appear cozy and reassuring
  • It draws attention to the fact that Clover is unable to protect any of the other animals now
Q.10
What is the significance of the final line in this passage?
  • Clover wishes that she and the other animals had never overthrown the humans
  • Clover acknowledges the failure of the revolution
  • Clover wishes she had never worked as hard as she has
  • The passage ends randomly. There is no significance in the final line
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