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English (Eduqas)
Animal Farm: the pigs and power

Starter quiz

  • Which word refers to the statement that appears in an introduction and presents your overarching argument?
    • topic
    • thesis  ✓
    • evidence
    • concluding
  • Complete this quote from 'Animal Farm': "The others said of Squealer that he could turn ______."
    • 'black into white' ✓
  • Match the characters from 'Animal Farm' to the quote that describes them.
    • Old Major
      ⇔
      "a majestic-looking pig" ✓
    • Napoleon
      ⇔
      "was now a mature boar of twenty-four stone" ✓
    • Snowball
      ⇔
      "was best at writing" ✓
    • Mollie
      ⇔
      "the foolish, pretty white mare" ✓
    • Benjamin
      ⇔
      "the oldest animal on the farm and the worst tempered" ✓
    • Clover
      ⇔
      "a stout motherly mare" ✓
  • In 'Animal Farm' what are Boxer's maxims?
    • "Snowball is always right" and "Long live Animal Farm"
    • "I will work harder" and "Long live Animal Farm"
    • "I will work harder" and "Napoleon is always right"  ✓
    • "Napoleon is always right" and "Long live Animal Farm"
  • From 'Animal Farm', what terminology would identify the method in this quote: "The animals worked like slaves."
    • Simile  ✓
    • Metaphor
    • Personification
    • Pathetic fallacy
  • Starting with the first, put the plot points from 'Animal Farm' in chronological order.
    • 1
      ⇔
      Old Major encourages a rebellion against Mr. Jones.
    • 2
      ⇔
      The animals chased Mr. Jones off the farm.
    • 3
      ⇔
      The farm is renamed 'Animal Farm' and the seven commandments are created.
    • 4
      ⇔
      Snowball fights bravely in the 'Battle of the Cowshed'.
    • 5
      ⇔
      Animals begin building a windmill, but this is destroyed in another battle.
    • 6
      ⇔
      Boxer collapses whilst trying to rebuild the windmill.
    • 7
      ⇔
      The animals realise that the pigs have come to resemble the humans.
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