English Year 5

A.Y. 2021-2022

Name Muliasena Normadian Section 10C Date 4-Feb-22

Animal Farm Chapters Six and Seven Quiz

GENERAL DIRECTIONS:

A. Using the PIE (Point-Illustration-Explanation) format, answer each of the following questions in a
five-to-six-sentence paragraph.
B. Cite evidence from the specified chapter and use MLA 8 for the in-text citations.

PART I

1. Examine the concept of deception in the narrative details of Chapter Six.

In Chapter 6, deception is used as propaganda by the pigs in order to keep their power and privileges.

Keeping their power is supported by the quote “He assured them that the resolution against engaging in trade

and using money had never been passed, or even suggested” (Orwell 64). That quote shows how a pig named

Squealer bends historical information to deceive the other animals, which will keep them in line and give way

for the pigs further quest of gaining power. Meanwhile, keeping their privileges is supported by the quote “It

says, ‘No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets’ she announced finally,” (Orwell 67) which depicts a

commandment that was already changed by the pigs. Here, the pigs wanted to sleep in beds, so they decided

to change a commandment that outlaws sleeping in beds in order to calm down the other animals. This will

help them keep their privilege. From these two examples, it is seen that the pigs use deception as a means for

keeping the populace in check, such as deceiving them by changing historical information. This is similar

with authoritarian regimes who create false information in order to keep their power.
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2. Explore the lengths that the pigs in the farm have gone through to hold on to their control of Animal Farm as
shown in Chapter Six.
The lengths that the pigs took to hold their control of Animal Farm are scapegoating Snowball for the

destruction of the windmill, doing trade with humans, and changing the Seven Commandments based on how

it suits them. Snowball’s scapegoating is shown by the quote “Do you know the enemy who has come in the

night and overthrown our windmill? SNOWBALL,” (Orwell 70). The pigs scapegoat a hated figure as a way

to take advantage of the public’s sadness after the destruction of the windmill by the storm. The public that

now hates Snowball helps the pigs stay in power. Next, doing trade with humans is seen from the quote

“Animal Farm would engage in trade with the neighboring farms: not, of course, for any commercial purpose,

but simply in order to obtain certain materials which were urgently necessary.” This act is done so the pigs

can obtain necessary materials for the farm to function, which is important if they want to keep power.

Meanwhile, the quote “It says, ‘No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets’ she announced finally” (Orwell 67)

shows the pigs changing the Seven Commandments based on how it suits them. The pigs change the

commandments without the knowledge of the other animals in order to keep their power and privileges.
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PART II

3. Analyze the dangers of the growing authoritarianism of Napoleon in leading Animal Farm as illustrated in
Chapter Seven.
The dangers of Napoleon’s growing authoritarianism are less food for the animals, oppression, and more

violent acts by the government. The first danger is shown in the quote “The corn ration was drastically

reduced” (Orwell 74) and “Starvation seemed to stare them in the face” (Orwell 74). Both of these information

show that the pigs authoritarian regime had led to the other animals having less food, which can lead to

dangerous starvation. The second danger is supported by the quote “He ordered the hens rations to be

stopped, and decreed that any animal giving so much of a grain of corn to a hen should be punished by

death,” (Orwell 76) which refers to an incident when Napoleon cut the hen’s rations for disobeying his order

on giving their eggs to the farmers. This oppressive and authoritarian act is dangerous since it gives even

more power to the government, which they can use to oppress the populace further. Finally, the last danger

can be seen from the quote “When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats

out,” (Orwell 84) which shows that the authoritarianism had given the pigs so much power that they are now

able to kill other animals, something that was previously outlawed by the Seven Commandments. All these

information shows how Napoleon’s authoritarianism had grown so much to the point where it endangers

other animals.

4. Explain what ‘rewriting of history’ means, and how it applies to the narrative of Chapter Seven.
Rewriting of history means to change information about past events based on the needs of the person/group

who rewrite it, which causes it to usually be false and historically inaccurate. It is usually done as a way for

rulers to do propaganda, such as in Animal Farm where the pigs retold history about Snowball and

Napoleon’s involvement in The Battle of Cowshed. While in reality, Snowball was a loyal comrade and

important part of the victory of the battle, the pigs made a lie where he was secretly plotting with the farmers

to lead the animals to their doom. On the other hand, Napoleon, who barely did anything in reality, is

portrayed as a hero by Squealer and the other pigs. These are supported by the quotes “Snowball was in

league with Jones from the very start!” (Orwell 79) and “And do you not remember, too, that it was just at the
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moment, when panic was spreading and all seemed lost, that Comrade Napoleon sprang forward with a cry of

‘Death to Humanity!”and sank his teeth in Jone’s leg?” respectively. From this, we can see that ‘rewriting of

history’ is applied in the narrative as a means of propaganda by the pigs as an authoritarian government.

Works Cited List:

Orwell, George. Chapter 6-7. Animal Farm, Signet Classics, 2020, pp. 59-89.