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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn the word narcissit and consider how Orwell presents Napoleon as a narcissist.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following is a correct definition of execution?
When someone is killed by accident.
Correct answer: When someone is killed for political reasons.
When someone is murdered.
When someone is sent away from where they live.
Q2.
What do the hens do to show they are rebelling?
Spread nasty rumours about Napoleon.
Start to break all of the commandments.
They hid their eggs and refused to say where they were.
Correct answer: They laid their eggs in the rafters so they crashed to the floor.
Q3.
What did Napoleon tell the animals had happened to the hens?
Napoleon denied anything had happened to them.
Napoleon said he had executed them.
Napoleon said they had been taken by Snowball.
Correct answer: Napoleon said they had died of a disease.
Q4.
Which animals carry out the executions?
Correct answer: The dogs
The hens
The pigs
The sheep
Q5.
How do the animals react to the executions? (2 correct answers)
The animals are angry.
Correct answer: The animals are scared.
Correct answer: The animals are surprised.
The animals think the executions were necessary.

5 Questions

Q1.
The Sixth Commandments originally says, 'No animal shall kill another animal' but becomes...
'All animals can kill all animals.'
'No animal shall kill another animal unless they are a pig.'
Correct answer: 'No animal shall kill another animal without cause.'
'Some animals can kill other animals.'
Q2.
Who is presented as a narcissist?
Muriel
Correct answer: Napoleon
Snowball
Squealer
Q3.
What is Napoleon called by the other animals?
Mr. Napoleon
Correct answer: Our Leader
The best animal on the farm
Very Important Pig
Q4.
How did Napoleon eat his meals? (Select 2 answers)
He always drank alcohol with his meals.
Correct answer: He ate from dinner plates from the farmhouse.
He ate with lots of guests.
Correct answer: He was waited on by two dogs.
Q5.
What technique has Orwell used when the commandment changes?
Correct answer: Dramatic irony
Foreshadowing
Irony
Rhetorical question

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