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English (Edexcel)
Animal Farm: barriers to leadership

Starter quiz

  • What word beginning with 'A' describes a piece of writing that has a hidden meaning, usually a political or moral one?
    • 'Allegory' ✓
  • Which character from 'Animal Farm' said: "can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ribbons?"
    • Napleon
    • Old Major
    • Snowball  ✓
    • Squealer
    • Benjamin
  • Which character from 'Animal Farm' is described as: "not much of a talker, but with a reputation for getting his own way"?
    • Napoleon  ✓
    • Benjamin
    • Mr. Jones
    • Fredrick
    • Moses
  • In 'Animal Farm' the narrator states that a character "seemed quite unchanged since the Rebellion". Who is being described?
    • Napoleon
    • Moses
    • Boxer
    • Benjamin  ✓
    • Mollie
  • In 'Animal Farm' which of these are examples of how Napoleon has built a 'cult of personality' on the farm?
    • He is given names like "father of all the animals" and "terror of mankind".  ✓
    • He expels Snowball.
    • He has Minimus write hyperbolic poems about him.  ✓
    • He has a portrait of himself painted on the end of the barn.
    • He sells the wood to Frederick at the last moment instead of Pilkington.
  • Place the seven commandments from Orwell's 'Animal Farm' in the correct order.
    • 1
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      Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
    • 2
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      Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
    • 3
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      No animal shall wear clothes.
    • 4
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      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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