Animal Farm, Part 5: Motivation and Values Answers

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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.

A
The quick pace makes readers suspenseful and confused about Mr. Whymper.
B
The quick pace allows the author to pass an uneventful period of time quickly.
C
The slow pace helps to place emphasis on the animals’ dread of Mr. Whymper.
D
The slow pace helps develop Mr. Whymper’s character with descriptive details.
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Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of Animal Farm.By the autumn the animals were tired but happy. They had had a hard year, and after the sale of part of the hay and corn, the stores of food for the winter were none too plentiful, but the windmill compensated for everything. It was almost half built now.

A
A flashback to earlier events provides a pause in the pacing to slow events down.
B
Foreshadowing of events provides information as to what will happen to the windmill.
C
The pace of the text quickens to convey the characters’ resolve to finish the windmill.
D
The pace of the text quickens to move the story to its climax, the completion of the windmill.
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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.

A
Napoleon's tail grows rigid and twitches when he sees that the windmill is destroyed.
B
Napoleon wrongly accuses Snowball of destroying the windmill.
C
Napoleon makes the windmill more important than everything.
D
Napoleon makes changes to trade rules by announcing a new policy.
E
Napoleon hires Mr. Whymper as the one to deal with the outside world.
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What are Squealer’s motivations for mentioning Snowball in this context? Select three options.

A
He wants to undermine Snowball’s credibility by mentioning him.
B
He wants to suppress a potential uprising of the animals.
C
He wants to distract the animals from learning the truth.
D
He wants to control the other animals by telling the truth.
E
He wants to prove to the other animals that he is powerful.

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