Animal Farm - Quotations about Power

Question 1

Initially shows Boxer and Clover, despite physical power, aren’t bad

Answer 1

“walking very slowly and setting down / their vast hairy hoofs with great care lest there should be some small / animal concealed in the straw” (1)

Question 2

Initially shows dogs, with physical power, can be bad

Answer 2

“and it was only by a swift dash for their holes / that the rats saved their lives” (1)

Question 3

Initially, gun’s power and Jones’ ruthlessness displayed

Answer 3

“He seized the gun / which always stood in a corner of his bedroom, and let fly a charge / of Number 6 shot into the darkness” (1)

Question 4

Pigs have intelligence power over horses even before Rebellion

Answer 4

“These two had great difficulty in thinking anything out for / themselves, but having once accepted the pigs as their teachers, they / absorbed everything that they were told” (2)

Question 5

Animals are strong enough to easily overthrow Jones and his men, showing their physical power

Answer 5

“the animals had / chased Jones and his men out on to the road and slammed the / five-barred gate behind them” (2)

Question 6

Positive outcome due to good use of power during Rebellion

Answer 6

“Yes, it / was theirs - everything that they could see was theirs!” (2)

Question 7

Commandments are rules which initially hold power, corrupted later on

Answer 7

“These seven commandments would now be inscribed on the wall; / they would form an unalterable law by which all the animals on / Animal Farm must live for ever after” (2)

Question 8

Power of intelligence shown initially as Napoleon takes milk without animals realising

Answer 8

“when they came back in the evening it was noticed that the milk / had disappeared” (2)

Question 9

Physical power used for good by Boxer to help farm

Answer 9

“but now he seemed / more like three horses than one; there were days when the entire / work of the farm seemed to rest upon his mighty shoulders” (3)

Question 10

Power of intelligence shown through literacy

Answer 10

“As for the pigs, they could already read and write perfectly… Boxer could not get beyond the letter D… None of the other animals on the farm could get further than the / letter A” (3)

Question 11

Power of language initially shown by Snowball for non-evil purpose

Answer 11

“The birds did not understand Snowball’s long words, but they / accepted his explanation” (3)

Question 12

Long-term power of intelligence shown as Napoleon puts first part of his plan into action

Answer 12

“giving birth between them to nine sturdy puppies. As soon as they / were weaned, Napoleon took them away from their mothers, saying / that he would make himself responsible for their education” (3)

Question 13

Decision-making power separate to physical power, as shown by pigs’ unfair decision on apples

Answer 13

“the order went forth that all the / windfalls were to be collected and brought to the harness-room for / the use of the pigs” (3)

Question 14

Animals’ fear of Jones is absolute

Answer 14

“Now if there was one thing that the animals were completely / certain of, it was that they did not want Jones back” (3)

Question 15

Even in battle, intelligent strategy important in addition to physical power

Answer 15

“Snowball, who had studied an old book of Julius Caesar’s / campaigns which he had found in the farmhouse, was in charge of / the defensive operations” (4)

Question 16

Boxer has great potential for physical strength in battle, shown in Battle of the Cowshed

Answer 16

“But the most terrifying spectacle of all was Boxer, rearing up / on his hind legs and striking out with his great iron-shod hoofs like / a stallion” (4)

Question 17

Gun, symbol of power, belongs to animals after Battle of the Cowshed

Answer 17

“It was decided to set the gun up at / the foot of the flagstaff, like a piece of artillery, and to fire it twice a / year” (4)

Question 18

Speeches and promises hold power to persuade animals, shown in the middle, but overpowered right afterwards by dogs’ power

Answer 18

“but in a moment Snowball’s eloquence had carried / them away” (5)

Question 19

Physical power used to kick Snowball off the farm

Answer 19

“Then he put on an extra spurt and, with a few inches to spare, / slipped through a hole in the hedge and was seen no more” (5)

Question 20

Decision-making power of animals removed by Napoleon, first action to eliminate animals’ power other than pigs and dogs

Answer 20

“He announced that from now on the Sunday-morning / Meetings would come to an end” (5)

Question 21

Physical power used to silence opposition initially after Napoleon’s seizure of power

Answer 21

“the dogs sitting round Napoleon let out deep, menacing growls, and / the pigs fell silent and sat down again” (5)

Question 22

Physical power of Boxer neutralised as he completely trusts Napoleon

Answer 22

“And from then on he adopted the maxim ‘Napoleon is always / right,’ “ (5)

Question 23

Even under Napoleon’s reign, Boxer is still the strongest and likely most hard-working animal, having the most physical power

Answer 23

“Nothing could have been achieved without Boxer, whose strength / seemed equal to that of all the rest of the animals put together” (6)

Question 24

Both violent power and power through mindless supporters used to silence opposition to trading with humans

Answer 24

“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” (6)

Question 25

Squealer’s lies gives pigs power as animals believe Squealer’s claim about trade resolution

Answer 25

“He assured them that the resolution against engaging / in trade and using money had never been passed, or even suggested” (6)

Question 26

First commandment pigs alter, the fourth, gives them great power over what is and is not allowed

Answer 26

“No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets” (6)

Question 27

Napoleon expands power by exploiting animals’ sadness over windmill’s first destruction by blaming Snowball, his former enemy

Answer 27

“Snowball has done this thing! In sheer / malignity, thinking to set back our plans and avenge himself for his / ignominious expulsion” (6)

Question 28

Hens’ rebellion is crushed by Napoleon, showing his incredible overall power over Animal Farm

Answer 28

“For five days the hens / held out, then they capitulated and went back to their nesting boxes” (7)

Question 29

Napoleon pretends to launch a real investigation into Snowball’s activities, making the lie that he is sabotaging the farm more believable

Answer 29

“Napoleon decreed that there should be a full investigation / into Snowball’s activities” (7)

Question 30

Boxer has enough intelligence to doubt Squealer’s claims about Snowball, but just isn’t smart enough to doubt Napoleon as he believes Napoleon

Answer 30

“‘Ah, that is different!’ said Boxer. ‘If Comrade Napoleon says it, / it must be right.’” (7)

Question 31

Boxer can resist dogs when they attack him, and this terrifies the dogs

Answer 31

“The dogs shrieked for mercy and the other two fled with their tails / between their legs” (7)

Question 32

The pigs’ have so much power over the animals’ minds that they keep confessing despite knowing they will die if they do during the executions

Answer 32

“And so the / tale of confessions and executions went on” (7)

Question 33

The pigs change the commandment about killing, further expanding their power by allowing them to kill whoever they want as long as there is a reason

Answer 33

” ‘No animal shall / kill any other animal without cause.’ Somehow or other, the last two / words had slipped out of the animals’ memory” (8)

Question 34

Napoleon is truly popular with the animals due to the propaganda, expanding his power through the animals’ support and loyalty. The animals credit him for many good things out of his control

Answer 34

“It had become usual to / give Napoleon the credit for every successful achievement and every / stroke of good fortune” (8)

Question 35

Napoleon expands his power by ensuring he personally is safe and getting the animals to worry for his safety, making it less likely an enemy will be able to eliminate him or rally the animals against him

Answer 35

“fresh precautions for Napoleon’s / safety were taken” (8)

Question 36

Napoleon is not all-powerful, and Frederick’s attack temporarily leaves him stunned and unable to think of a response

Answer 36

“For the moment even Napoleon seemed at a loss” (8)

Question 36

Although Napoleon is just having a hangover, an important message is sent that powerful leaders can still die and are not invincible.

Answer 36

“Comrade Napoleon / was dying!” (8)

Question 37

Moses tells the animals of Sugarcandy Mountain which expands pigs’ power, as animals are more content with their current lives in the hope that there will be a better afterlife

Answer 37

“there it lies, Sugarcandy Mountain, that happy / country where we poor animals shall rest for ever from our labours!” (9)

Question 38

Boxer’s physical power eventually runs out as he works too hard, showing that power does not last forever

Answer 38

“There lay Boxer, between the shafts of the cart, his neck stretched out” (9)

Question 39

Ultimately, the pigs’ defeat Boxer’s physical strength with their intelligence, and his death is announced. He was sold by the pigs to the knackers who killed him.

Answer 39

“Three days later it was announced that he had died in the hospital / at Willingdon” (9)

Question 40

Even after years, the animals still think they are privileged to be members of Animal Farm, showing that the propaganda of the pigs has succeeded long-term

Answer 40

“they never lost, / even for an instant, their sense of honour and privilege in being / members of Animal Farm” (10)

Question 41

Because of the final, nonsensical commandment, the pigs essentially have the power to do anything they want with no opposition from the animals

Answer 41

“After that it did not seem strange when next day the pigs who / were supervising the work of the farm all carried whips in their / trotters” (10)