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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 irresponsible man
C) an easy-going fellow
D) a tyrannical dictator
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
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) protagonists in the story, respected by the reader
B) neither good nor bad, thereby encouraging a reader to feel indifferent about them
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) Marx / Lenin
B) the bourgeoisie
C) disenchanted intellectuals
D) the proletariat
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) the bourgeoisie
B) disenchanted intellectuals
C) the proletariat
D) Marx / Lenin
7. In his speech to the animals, Old Major cites “comfort and… dignity” in order to:
A) 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) Anguish
B) Frustration
C) Futility
D) Indignation
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) 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