How are Boxer’s values similar to Napoleon’s in chapter 6 of Animal Farm?
Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of Animal Farm.Every Monday Mr. Whymper visited the farm as had been arranged. He was a sly-looking little man with side whiskers, a solicitor in a very small way of business, but sharp enough to have realized earlier than anyone else that Animal Farm would need a broker and that the commissions would be worth having. The animals watched his coming and going with a kind of dread, and avoided him as much as possible.
Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of Animal Farm.It was about this time that the pigs suddenly moved into the farmhouse and took up their residence there. Again the animals seemed to remember that a resolution against this had been passed in the early days, and again Squealer was able to convince them that this was not the case. It was absolutely necessary, he said, that the pigs, who were the brains of the farm, should have a quiet place to work in.
How does the pacing of this passage affect the reader's interpretation of the text? Select three options.
Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of Animal Farm.Every human being held it as an article of faith that the farm would go bankrupt sooner or later, and, above all, that the windmill would be a failure. They would meet in the public-houses and prove to one another by means of diagrams that the windmill was bound to fall down, or that if it did stand up, then that it would never work. And yet, against their will, they had developed a certain respect for the efficiency with which the animals were managing their own affairs.
Which details from chapter 6 of Animal Farm support the inference that Napoleon’s actions are motivated by a desire for power and success? Select three options.Napoleon's tail grows rigid and twitches when he sees that the windmill is destroyed.Napoleon wrongly accuses Snowball of destroying the windmill. Napoleon makes the windmill more important than everything.Napoleon makes changes to trade rules by announcing a new policy. Napoleon hires Mr. Whymper as the one to deal with the outside world.
Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of Animal Farm.Except through Whymper, there was as yet no contact between Animal Farm and the outside world, but there were constant rumours that Napoleon was about to enter into a definite business agreement either with Mr. Pilkington of Foxwood or with Mr. Frederick of Pinchfield—but never, it was noticed, with both simultaneously.
Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of Animal Farm.All the animals remembered passing such resolutions: or at least they thought that they remembered it. The four young pigs who had protested when Napoleon abolished the Meetings raised their voices timidly, but they were promptly silenced by a tremendous growling from the dogs. Then, as usual, the sheep broke into "Four legs good, two legs bad!” and the momentary awkwardness was smoothed over. Finally Napoleon raised his trotter for silence and announced that he had already made all the arrangements.
Which inferences about Boxer’s motivations does the text support? Select two options.
Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of Animal Farm.Transporting the stone when it was once broken was comparatively simple. The horses carried it off in cart-loads, the sheep dragged single blocks, even Muriel and Benjamin yoked themselves into an old governess-cart and did their share. By late summer a sufficient store of stone had accumulated, and then the building began, under the superintendence of the pigs.
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