Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
These three had elaborated old Major’s teachings into a complete system of thought, to
which they gave the name of Animalism.
(i) Who had elaborated on Old Major’s teachings?
(ii) When and where did they hold their secret meetings? How did the meetings end?
(iii) What had the Old Major said about the ‘nature of this life of ours’?
(iv) Who were the most faithful disciples? How did they contribute towards the preparations for the rebellion?
(v) How did the animals celebrate the day after the rebellion?
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(i) Two young boars- Snowball and Napoleon; a small fat pig- Squealer
(ii)
- Several nights a week, after Jones was asleep.
- In the barn.
- Ended with the singing of ‘Beasts of England’.
(iii) Their lives were miserable, laborious, short/they were born ,given just so much food as would keep the breath in their bodies/those of them who were capable were forced to work to the last of their strength/the very instant their usefulness had come to an end, they were killed cruelly/no animal in England knew the meaning of happiness or leisure after he was a year old/no animal in England was free/the life of an animal was misery/slavery.
(iv)
- The two cart-horses — Boxer and Clover.
- They absorbed everything that they were told and passed it onto the other animals by simple arguments/unfailing in their attendance at the secret meetings in the barn/led the singing of ‘Beasts of England’
(v) Raced out into the pasture together / Rushed to the top of the knoll and gazed around them in the clear morning light/gambolled round and round / hurled themselves into the air in great leaps of excitement/rolled in the dew/cropped mouthfuls of the sweet summer grass/kicked up clods of the black earth and snuffed its rich scent/made a tour of inspection of the whole farm and surveyed with speechless admiration the ploughland, the hayfield, the orchard, the pool, the
spinney.