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Animal Farm Chapters 9-10

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Where do the animals get their motivation to rebuild the windmill?
From watching Boxer work diligently.
Who did Napoleon negotiate a contract with for 400 eggs?
Mr. Whymper
Who attempted to lead a rebellion against Napoleon?
Three young Black Minorca pullets determined to thwart Napoleon's wishes.
Who had been troublesome that winter and were accused of being in league with Snowball?
The rats
"Comrades!" cried , making little nervous skips, "a most terrible thing has been discovered. has sold himself to of Pinchfield Farm, who is even now plotting to attack us and take our farm away from us!
Squealer, Snowball, Frederick
How did Leader, Comrade Napoleon reinforce the lie Squealer had told about the "Battle of the Cowshed"?
Napoleon emerged from the farmhouse, wearing both his medals (for he had recently awarded himself "Animal Hero, First Class", and "Animal Hero, Second Class"),
Aside from being referred to as Leader, Comrade Napoleon, what other title did he want to be addressed as by the animals?
Father of All Animals
Where was the poem inscribed?
The wall of the big barn, at the opposite end from the Seven Commandments.
Why were four pigeons sent to Foxwood?
To deliver a conciliatory message to re-establish good relations with Pilkington.
What prompted the animals to attack Frederick and his men?
At the sight of the windmill, ceasing to exist.
When did Boxer split his hoof?
When he had lost a shoe during the Battle of the Windmill.
What happened during the "Spontaneous Demonstration"?
The animals would leave their work and march round the precincts of the farm in military formation
What did Boxer want before his twelfth birthday and his impending retirement?
He wanted a good store of stone accumulated before he retired.
Who declared the following, "Quick, quick!" he shouted. "Come at once! They're taking Boxer away!"
Benjamin
What was written on the side of the van that took Boxer?
"Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer and Glue Boiler, Willingdon. Dealer in Hides and Bone-Meal. Kennels Supplied.'
What was the explanation behind the slogan on the van that had taken Boxer?
The van had previously been the property of the knacker and had been bought by the veterinary surgeon, who had not yet painted the old name out.
What does Napoleon want to do to Frederick?
Captured him and boiled him alive.
How did Napoleon quell their attempt to rebel?
By cutting their rations entirely.
After the hens' attempt to rebel what did Napoleon decree?
That any animal giving so much as a grain of corn to a hen should be punished by death.
How did the pigs justify the death of the hens?
They indicated that they had died of coccidiosis.
Who is Snowball in league with and who did he sell himself to according to Napoleon?
He has been in league with Mr. Jones from the start and he has sold himself to Mr. Frederick's farm.
The human beings were inventing fresh lies about Animal Farm, what were some of the lies they spreading?
They had resorted to cannibalism and infanticide.
How did Napoleon counteract the bad results that might follow if the real facts of the food situation were known?
He selected a few sheep to remark casually in Mr. Whymper's hearing that rations had been increased.
What did Napoleon ordered the animals to do to deceive Mr. Whymper?
Empty bins in the store-shed to be filled nearly to the brim with sand, which was then covered up with what remained of the grain and meal.
According to Napoleon Snowball was secretly frequenting the farm by night and performed all kinds of mischief. What kind of mischief was his accusing of performing?
He trampled the seedbeds,and gnawed the bark off the fruit trees.
What did the bevy of cows declare unanimously?
That Snowball crept into their stalls and milked them in their sleep.
"And do you not remember, too, that it was just at that moment, when panic was spreading and all seemed lost, that Comrade Napoleon sprang forward with a cry of ' !'..."
Death to Humanity
How did Leader, Comrade Napoleon reinforce the lie Squealer had told about the "Battle of the Cowshed."
Napoleon emerged from the farmhouse, wearing both his medals (for he had recently awarded himself "Animal Hero, First Class", and "Animal Hero, Second Class")
What happened to four pigs during the meeting where the animals assembled in the yard?
Napoleon uttered a high-pitched whimper and immediately the dogs bounded forward, seized four of the pigs by the ear and dragged them, squealing with pain and terror, to Napoleon's feet.
What happened to Boxer during one of the meetings?
Three dogs flung themselves upon Boxer.
Who confessed, "...that they had been secretly in touch with Snowball ever since his expulsion, that they had collaborated with him in destroying the windmill, and that they had entered into an agreement with him to hand over Animal Farm to Mr. Frederick."?
They were the same four pigs as had protested when Napoleon abolished the Sunday Meetings.
Who says the following statement after the demise of the bevy of animals, "It must be due to some fault in ourselves."?
Boxer
Who was thinking the following as they looked down the hillside, "These scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old Major first stirred them to rebellion."?
Clover
Why was 'Beasts of England' abolished?
Because 'Beasts of England' expressed their longing for a better society in days to come. But that society had been established.
How did the animals come to justify the Sixth Commandment decreed, "No animal shall kill any other animal."?
It had not been violated, because there was a good reason for killing the traitors who had leagued themselves with Snowball.
How was Squealer able to manipulate the masses into believing his fallacies?
They could no longer remember very clearly what conditions had been like before the Rebellion.
Besides the anniversary of the Battle of the Cowshed, what other time will the gun be fired?
On Napoleon's birthday
The general feeling on the farm was well expressed in a poem entitled?
Comrade Napoleon
Why were fresh precautions for Napoleon's safety were taken?
Because three hens had come forward and confessed that, inspired by Snowball, they had entered into a plot to murder Napoleon.
What was one of the stories that leaked out from Pinchfield that Frederick practiced upon his animals?
He had killed a dog by throwing it into the furnace.
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