Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were happy in
their work, they grudged no effort or sacrifice, well aware that
everything that they did was for the benefit of themselves and those of
their kind who would come after them, and not for a pack of idle thieving
human beings.
Throughout the spring and summer they worked a sixty-hour week, and in
August…………….
(i) What did Napoleon announce in August?
(ii) How much time had elapsed since the constitution of the Animal Farm? As summer wore on, what unforeseen shortages began to be felt?
(iii) What new policy did Napoleon make? The new policy brought a vague uneasiness among the animals. What did they recall?
(iv) Who had agreed to act as an intermediary between the Animal farm and the outside world? Describe him.
(v) What roused the pride of the animals and made them reconcile to the new arrangement? In the meanwhile, what sudden decision was taken by the pigs? What do we learn about Napoleon at this juncture?
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(i) there would be work on Sunday afternoons/ work was strictly voluntary/ any animal who absented himself from work would have his rations reduced by half.
(ii)
- two years
- need of paraffin oil/ nails/ string/ dog biscuits/ iron for the horses’ shoes
(iii)
- Animal Farm would engage in trade with the neighbouring farms for necessary materials
- had resolved to administer the farm themselves/ they were never to have any dealings with human beings/ never to engage in trade/ never to make use of money
(iv)
- Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon
- sly-looking/little man/ side whiskers/ sharp
(v)
- sight of Napoleon on all fours, delivering orders to Whymper who stood on two legs.
- the pigs suddenly moved into the farmhouse / took up their residence there
- dominating/ clever/ has evil designs/ keeps animals on labour and himself enjoys comfort/ keeps up his individual identity as a leader.