- 1. In Animal Farm’s opening line – “Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes” – Orwell encourages a reader to regard Mr Jones as:
A) a forgetful man
B) an easy-going fellow
C) a tyrannical dictator
D) an irresponsible man
- 2. Orwell presents the meeting of the animals in the barn as the beginning of a fable. As Old Major lectures the animals on the need to overthrow their human oppressors, however, a reader realises the novella is a(n):
A) allegory of the Russian Revolution
B) satire of the Russian Revolution
C) non-fiction account of the Russian Revolution
D) anecdote of the Russian Revolution
- 3. When describing the characters of Clover, Boxer, Benjamin and Mollie, Orwell presents both their positive and negative qualities. In doing so, he portrays his characters as:
A) neither good nor bad, thereby encouraging a reader to feel indifferent about them
B) possessing three-dimensional human-like qualities with little romanticism
C) antagonists in the story, disliked by the reader
D) protagonists in the story, respected by the reader
- 4. When Orwell describes Boxer as “enormous… strong… respected for his tremendous powers of work” yet “not of first rate intelligence”, he is using the character to represent which group / individual in society:
A) the proletariat
B) disenchanted intellectuals
C) the bourgeoisie
D) Marx / Lenin
- 5. When Orwell describes Old Major as “highly regarded”, “wise and benevolent”, he is using the character to represent which group / individual in society:
A) disenchanted intellectuals
B) the proletariat
C) the bourgeoisie
D) Marx / Lenin
- 6. Old Major calls the animals “comrades”
A) so they feel important and pay attention to him
B) to encourage a sense of common purpose in the animals’ fight for freedom
C) because being a comrade is a closer relationship than being a friend
D) because they are all communists
- 7. In his speech to the animals, Old Major cites “comfort and… dignity” in order to:
A) encourage feelings of self-respect and self-worth in the animals
B) demonstrate the extreme difficulty of their dream
C) portray the normal human experience he wishes to avoid
D) portray the normal human experience he wishes to emulate
- 8. What emotion does Old Major demonstrate in the following excerpt of his speech: “…nearly the whole of the produce of our labour is stolen from us by human beings. There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word — Man. Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever.”
A) Indignation
B) Futility
C) Anguish
D) Frustration
- 9. In Old Major’s line “even the miserable lives we lead are not allowed to reach their natural span”, he appeals to a reader’s sense of __________ through __________.
A) rationality; emotive language
B) injustice; emotive language
C) injustice; forceful language
D) rationality; forceful language
- 10. When Orwell describes the enthusiastic recitation of “Beasts of England” he intentionally undermines the animals’ unity previously described: “Even the stupidest of them had already picked up the tune and a few of the words, and as for the clever ones, such as the pigs and dogs, they had the entire song by heart within a few minutes.” Why does he separate the animals into classes of “stupid” and “clever”?
A) Orwell demonstrates the strength that comes from many different individuals joining together
B) Orwell foreshadows future division between the animals based on these characteristics
C) Orwell implies that the clever animals have a duty to care for and assist the stupid animals
D) Orwell implies that the song must be overly simple and therefore ineffective
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