Question

"The work of the farm went like clockwork. The animals worked from dawn to dusk, and yet no one shirked. 'Four legs good, two legs bad,' was their constant cry."

What effect does Orwell achieve by using this repetitive slogan and describing the animals’

(5 points)
Responses

It shows how propaganda reinforces collective action
It shows how propaganda reinforces collective action

It emphasizes the efficiency of human-style management
It emphasizes the efficiency of human-style management

It criticizes the animals for being lazy
It criticizes the animals for being lazy

It highlights the animals’ inability to organize
It highlights the animals’ inability to organize
Question 5
"Snowball had ideas of building a windmill. Napoleon was opposed. The debate went on, with neither yielding an inch, and yet the animals watched in silence, unsure who to follow."

How does Orwell’s neutral, third-person point of view shape the reader’s understanding of the conflict between Snowball and Napoleon?

(5 points)
Responses

It makes the reader take Napoleon’s side automatically
It makes the reader take Napoleon’s side automatically

It presents both perspectives fairly, allowing readers to judge for themselves
It presents both perspectives fairly, allowing readers to judge for themselves

It reveals Snowball’s secret plan in detail
It reveals Snowball’s secret plan in detail

It shows the animals as unimportant observers

Answer 1

Question 4 answer: It shows how propaganda reinforces collective action.
- The repetitive slogan simplifies complex ideas into a catchy chant, numbing individual thought and unifying the animals’ behavior through propaganda.

Question 5 answer: It presents both perspectives fairly, allowing readers to judge for themselves.
- The neutral third‑person narrator reports the debate without bias, letting readers see both Snowball’s and Napoleon’s arguments and draw their own conclusions.