Question 8 of 10 • 25-26 Summer - HISD CR English II A-2nd Nine Weeks
Which key details does Orwell include to support the central idea that Snowball uses his language skills to manipulate the other animals? Select four options.
Answer
A
“It was also found that the stupider animals, such as the sheep, hens, and ducks, were unable to learn the Seven Commandments by heart.”
B
“After much thought Snowball declared that the Seven Commandments could in effect be reduced to a single maxim, namely: ‘Four legs good, two legs bad.’”
C
“‘A bird's wing, comrades,’ he said, ‘is an organ of propulsion and not of manipulation. It should therefore be regarded as a leg.’”
D
“The birds did not understand Snowball's long words, but they accepted his explanation, and all the humbler animals set to work to learn the new maxim by heart.”
E
“When they had once got it by heart, the sheep developed a great liking for this maxim, and often as they lay in the field they would all start bleating ‘Four legs good, two legs bad!’”
F
“This, he said, contained the essential principle of Animalism. Whoever had thoroughly grasped it would be safe from human influences.”