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Questions
1. What happened to Old Major at the beginning of chapter 2?
2. Using TWO quotations to support you answer, outline the secret activity that was taking place on the farm?
3. Who was responsible for expounding the teaching of Old Major. Give one reason to justify your answer?
4. Who was Moses? What lies was he spreading?
5. Read the extract below and describe the major activity that took place prior to the extract.
In a very little while the animals had destroyed everything that reminded them of Mr Jones. Napoleon then led them back to the store-shed and served out a double ration of corn to everybody, with two biscuits for each dog..."
6. Why did the animals destroy things that belonged to Mr. Jones?
7. What was the animals reason for preserving Mr. Jones' house?
8. After the animals destroyed things that reminded them of Mr. Jones, they sang 'Beast of England'.
a). What does the singing of the song symbolically represent?
b). Why is the song classified as a powerful piece of propaganda?
9. Give one reason why the animals renamed the farm.
10. List the seven commandments of Animalism.
11. Describe the final episode in this chapter and outline which of the commandments of animalism was breached.
12. Use one piece of evidence from chapter 2 to justify the presence of the following narrative techniques.
a). Irony
b) Foreshadow
13. Use evidence from chapter 2 to explain the following themes.
a) dreams and desires
b) corruption
c) exploitation
d) rules and order