Animal Farm - Quotations about the pigs

Question 1

Old Major, popularity

Answer 1

“Old Major… was so highly regarded / on the farm that everyone was quite ready to lose an hour’s sleep in / order to hear what he had to say” (1)

Question 2

Pigs, Major speech

Answer 2

“the pigs, who / settled down in the straw immediately in front of the platform” (1)

Question 3

Pigs work and power early on

Answer 3

“The work / of teaching and organising the others fell naturally upon the pigs, / who were generally recognised as being the cleverest of the animals” (2)

Question 4

Napoleon, introduction

Answer 4

“not much of a talker, but with a reputation for getting / his own way” (2)

Question 5

Squealer, introduction

Answer 5

“The others said of Squealer that he could turn black into white” (2)

Question 6

1st commandment

Answer 6

“Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.” (2)

Question 7

2nd commandment

Answer 7

“Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend” (2)

Question 8

4th commandment

Answer 8

“No animal shall sleep in a bed” (2)

Question 8

3rd commandment

Answer 8

“No animal shall wear clothes” (2)

Question 9

5th commandment

Answer 9

“No animal shall drink alcohol” (2)

Question 10

6th commandment

Answer 10

“No animal shall kill any other animal” (2)

Question 11

7th commandment

Answer 11

“All animals are equal” (2)

Question 12

Napoleon’s first speaking

Answer 12

“‘Never mind the milk, comrades!’ cried Napoleon, placing himself in front of the buckets” (2)

Question 13

Pigs initial positive aspect

Answer 13

“the pigs were so clever that they could think of a / way round every difficulty” (3)

Question 14

Pigs’ power early on

Answer 14

“It was always the / pigs who put forward the resolutions” (3)

Question 15

Squealer’s initial propaganda

Answer 15

“It is for your sake that / we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would / happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back!” (3)

Question 16

Power corrupts all

Answer 16

“All the pigs were in full agreement on this point, even / Snowball and Napoleon” (3)

Question 17

Snowball’s competence

Answer 17

“He gave his orders quickly, and in a couple / of minutes every animal was at his post” (4)

Question 18

Snowball’s intelligence for good in middle

Answer 18

“the three horses, the three cows and the rest of / the pigs, who had been lying in ambush in the cowshed, suddenly / emerged in their rear, cutting them off” (4)

Question 19

A pig’s bravery

Answer 19

“Without halting / for an instant, Snowball flung his fifteen stone against Jones’s legs” (4)

Question 20

Pigs expanded control middle

Answer 20

“It had come to be / accepted that the pigs, who were manifestly cleverer than the other / animals, should decide all questions of farm policy” (5)

Question 21

Pig’s good promise, potential propaganda

Answer 21

“Electricity, he said, could operate threshing-machines, / ploughs, harrows, rollers, and reapers and binders, besides supplying / every stall with its own electric light, hot and cold water, and an / electric heater” (5)

Question 22

Turning point through Napoleon’s action

Answer 22

“In future all questions relating to the working of / the farm would be settled by a special committee of pigs, presided / over by himself” (5)

Question 23

Pigs’ tactics shown in middle

Answer 23

“but Squealer / spoke so persuasively, and the three dogs who happened to be with / him growled so threateningly, that they accepted his explanation / without further questions” (5)

Question 24

Beginning of Snowball scapegoat

Answer 24

“It was pure imagination, probably traceable in the beginning to lies / circulated by Snowball” (6)

Question 25

First changed commandment

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Snowball scapegoat ramps up

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Crisis strikes, Napoleon’s uncaring priorities

Answer 27

“he decided to make use of Mr Whymper to spread / a contrary impression” (7)

Question 28

Napoleon’s true character later on

Answer 28

“Napoleon acted swiftly and ruthlessly” (7)

Question 29

Snowball scapegoat intentionally continued

Answer 29

“Snowball was secretly frequenting the farm by night” (7)

Question 30

Squealer’s true darkness

Answer 30

“‘That is the true spirit, comrade’ cried Squealer, but it was / noticed he cast a very ugly look at Boxer with his little twinkling / eyes” (7)

Question 31

Napoleon’s utter brutality revealed

Answer 31

“until there was a pile of / corpses lying before Napoleon’s feet and the air was heavy with the / smell of blood” (7)

Question 32

6th commandment altered

Answer 32

“No animal shall / kill any other animal without cause” (8)

Question 33

Napoleon’s importance becomes ridiculous

Answer 33

“he was attended not only by his retinue / of dogs but by a black cockerel who marched in front of him and / acted as a kind of trumpeter” (8)

Question 34

Absolute irony emphasises pigs’ foolability

Answer 34

“But Napoleon was too clever / for him” (8)

Question 35

Pigs can be fooled

Answer 35

“The bank-notes were forgeries! Frederick had got the / timber for nothing!” (8)

Question 36

Rare partial bravery from Napoleon

Answer 36

“all the animals, except / Napoleon, flung themselves flat on their bellies and hid their faces” (8)

Question 37

Napoleon can be fooled, and isn’t invincible

Answer 37

“Comrade Napoleon / was dying!” (8)

Question 38

Cyclical structure, pigs do the same bad thing as an animal in the past, get away

Answer 38

“all pigs… were to have the privilege of wearing green ribbons / on their tails on Sundays” (9)

Question 39

Brutality and even horror of pigs’ ruthlessness shown

Answer 39

“Boxer was never seen again” (9)

Question 40

Pigs are selfish, terrible creatures

Answer 40

“from somewhere or the other the pigs had / acquired the money to buy themselves another case of whiskey” (9)

Question 41

Life is terrible under the pigs later on

Answer 41

“in winter they were / troubled by the cold, and in summer by the flies” (10)

Question 42

Pigs cross all limits

Answer 42

“It was a pig walking on his hind legs” (10)

Question 43

Pigs completely destroy Animalism’s principles

Answer 43

“ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL / BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS” (10)

Question 44

Cyclical structure, pigs identical to humans in the end

Answer 44

“but already it was impossible to say which / was which” (10)