Animal Farm, Chapter X quiz

From Animal Farm by George Orwell

Chapter X of Animal Farm: years later the pigs walk upright, one Commandment is left on the barn wall, and pigs and men become impossible to tell apart.

13 questions · about 13 minutes

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Questions and answers

  1. Question 1. What is the windmill used for by the time of Chapter X?

    • Generating electricity to light stalls and provide heating as Snowball planned
    • Correct answer: Milling corn at a profit, enriching the farm but not improving animal comfort
    • Pumping water for irrigation across the newly purchased fields
    • Threshing the harvest, doing the work of the farm's new threshing machine

    The windmill is used for milling corn and brings in a handsome money profit; it was not used for electrical power after all, and the luxuries Snowball once taught the animals to dream of are no longer talked about.

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  2. Question 2. What does Squealer do with the sheep for a week before the pigs walk upright?

    • He sends them to Foxwood to work for Pilkington as part of a trade agreement
    • He assigns them extra labor building the second windmill away from the other animals
    • He shuts them in the barn for a week to learn the alphabet beyond the letter B
    • Correct answer: He keeps them on waste ground for a week, saying he is teaching them a new song

    Squealer leads the sheep to waste ground overgrown with birch saplings and stays with them most of each day for a week, saying he is teaching them a new song 'for which privacy was needed.' The chapter lets the reader connect this with the sheep's bleat of 'Four legs good, two legs better!' the moment the pigs walk upright.

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  3. Question 3. What item does Napoleon carry in his trotter when he walks on two legs?

    • A tobacco pipe, which he holds as he strolls round the yard
    • A copy of the original Seven Commandments to read aloud to the animals
    • Correct answer: A whip — the same instrument of control that Mr. Jones once used
    • A lantern to illuminate the path as he leads the procession of pigs

    Napoleon comes out majestically upright with a whip in his trotter. Back in Chapter II, Jones and his four men came at the animals with whips, and the animals burned the whips after the Rebellion.

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  4. Question 4. What does Benjamin read to Clover from the barn wall where the Seven Commandments were written?

    • Correct answer: 'ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL / BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS'
    • 'THE PIGS SHALL LEAD AND ALL OTHER ANIMALS SHALL FOLLOW WITHOUT QUESTION'
    • 'FOUR LEGS GOOD, TWO LEGS BETTER — BY ORDER OF NAPOLEON'
    • 'THE MANOR FARM BELONGS TO ITS RIGHTFUL OWNERS, THE PIGS OF ANIMALISM'

    Clover's sight is failing, so for once Benjamin breaks his rule and reads her the wall. There is nothing there now except a single Commandment: 'ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL / BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS.'

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  5. Question 5. What does Mr. Pilkington praise the pigs for during the dinner party?

    • Their bold new plan to install dynamos and electric light in every stall
    • Their successful management of diplomatic relations with all neighboring farms
    • Correct answer: Getting more work out of their animals with less food than any farm in the county
    • Their preservation of Old Major's ideals while adapting them to modern agriculture

    Pilkington says he believes the lower animals on Animal Farm do more work and receive less food than any animals in the county, and he congratulates the pigs on the low rations and the long working hours.

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  6. Question 6. Which of the following does Napoleon announce at the dinner party?

    • All neighboring farms will merge with Animal Farm under a single government of pigs
    • The Rebellion will be officially celebrated every year with a great feast for pigs and humans alike
    • The farm will be renamed 'Napoleon Farm' and every animal will be given a new title of honor
    • Correct answer: The farm reverts to 'The Manor Farm,' calling one another 'Comrade' is suppressed, and the flag is changed

    Napoleon tells the farmers that the name 'Animal Farm' has been abolished in favor of 'The Manor Farm,' that addressing one another as 'Comrade' is to be suppressed, that the boar's skull has been buried, and that the flag is now plain green.

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  7. Question 7. What triggers the quarrel between Napoleon and Pilkington at the card table?

    • Correct answer: Both Napoleon and Pilkington play an ace of spades at the same time, and furious denials follow
    • Pilkington refuses to acknowledge Napoleon's new title as sole proprietor of The Manor Farm and its land
    • Pilkington accuses Napoleon of reneging on a previously agreed timber deal and storms out of the room
    • Napoleon insults Pilkington by comparing human farming methods to animal cruelty

    The source of the trouble 'appeared to be' that each had played an ace of spades at the same moment. The chapter shows only shouting, suspicious glances and furious denials; it does not say who cheated.

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  8. Question 8. What is the significance of the closing image — the animals looking from pig to man and unable to tell which is which?

    • It suggests the pigs will eventually evolve into actual humans through continued bipedal walking
    • Correct answer: It shows the pigs have become impossible to tell apart from the humans they rebelled against
    • It indicates that Pilkington and the farmers are planning to disguise themselves as animals
    • It shows the animals have poor eyesight after years of hard labor and inadequate nutrition

    The creatures outside look 'from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again,' but already it is impossible to say which is which: the pigs now look like the human beings the Rebellion drove out.

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  9. Question 9. Which of the following events actually happens in Chapter X?

    • Benjamin leads a second rebellion against Napoleon after reading the single Commandment
    • Clover confronts Napoleon directly and accuses him of betraying Old Major's vision
    • The hens organize a strike and refuse to surrender their eggs to the pigs' trade agreements
    • Correct answer: The pigs buy themselves a wireless set and arrange to install a telephone

    After Benjamin reads Clover the single Commandment, it does not seem strange to learn that the pigs have bought a wireless set and are arranging to install a telephone. Benjamin never rebels, Clover never confronts Napoleon, and the hens' revolt took place back in Chapter VII, not in Chapter X.

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  10. Question 10. Which of the following events actually happens in Chapter X?

    • The animals successfully vote to restore the original Seven Commandments to the barn wall
    • Snowball secretly returns to the farm under cover of darkness and meets with Clover
    • Correct answer: Napoleon hosts a dinner for human farmers who toast the pigs' management of the animals
    • Moses the raven leads a group of animals off the farm to search for Sugarcandy Mountain

    Napoleon and the more eminent pigs sit at the long table with half a dozen farmers, and Pilkington gives the toast 'To the prosperity of Animal Farm!' The other events do not occur in Chapter X.

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  11. Question 11. What does the word 'frugally' mean when Napoleon says the truest happiness lay in working hard and living frugally?

    • In a cheerful, carefree way, without any thought for the future
    • Correct answer: In a simple, thrifty way, spending and using as little as possible
    • In a generous way, sharing freely with all of one's neighbors
    • In a fruitful way, producing plenty of food and crops each year

    To live frugally is to live simply and spend little. Napoleon has denounced the luxuries Snowball once taught the animals to dream of, such as electric light and the three-day week.

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  12. Question 12. What does the word 'deputation' mean in the context of the neighboring farmers visiting Animal Farm?

    • Correct answer: A group of people appointed to represent others and undertake a mission on their behalf
    • A hostile military force sent to conquer and occupy enemy territory by force
    • A committee formed to investigate crimes and deliver punishment to offenders
    • A formal legal proceeding in which witnesses are called to testify under oath

    A 'deputation' is a group of delegates or representatives. The neighboring farmers visit as a deputation to tour the farm and dine with the pigs.

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  13. Question 13. What does the word 'abolished' mean when Napoleon announces that the name 'Animal Farm' has been abolished?

    • Temporarily suspended until a vote can be held by all members of the community
    • Modified or adapted to fit changing circumstances and new leadership
    • Correct answer: Formally and permanently put an end to a system, practice, or institution
    • Transferred to a different group or organization for that group's exclusive use

    'Abolished' means officially ended or done away with. Napoleon announces that the name 'Animal Farm' has been abolished and that the farm is to be known as 'The Manor Farm.'

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