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English (Edexcel)
Animal Farm: the pigs and power

Starter quiz

  • In 'Animal Farm' what does the character Boxer symbolise in the story?
    • The working class  ✓
    • The corrupt ruling class
    • The intellectuals and thinkers
    • The symbol of rebellion
  • In 'Animal Farm' which character hides in the Battle of the Cowshed?
    • Muriel
    • Snowball
    • Squealer
    • Napoleon
    • Mollie  ✓
  • In 'Animal Farm', how does Napoleon express his contempt for Snowball’s windmill plans?
    • By urinating on them  ✓
    • By spitting on them
    • Be tearing them up
    • By writing Snowball a letter
    • By delivering a speech
  • In 'Animal Farm', who writes the poem celebrating Napoleon and comparing him to the "sun"?
    • Squealer
    • The sheep
    • Minimus  ✓
    • Boxer
  • What word beginning with 'M' is missing from this sentence: ‘Animal Farm’ is a __________ because it is a self-contained representation of a larger society and system?
    • 'Microcosm' ✓
  • Starting with the first, put the seven commandments from' Animal Farm' into their correct order.
    • 1
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      Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
    • 2
      ⇔
      Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
    • 3
      ⇔
      No animal shall wear clothes.
    • 4
      ⇔
      No animal shall sleep in a bed.
    • 5
      ⇔
      No animal shall drink alcohol.
    • 6
      ⇔
      No animal shall kill any other animal.
    • 7
      ⇔
      All animals are equal.
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