Question: How does Orwell use satire in this passage?

Answer: C.) to expose and condemn the corruption and character flaws of the pigs

Question: How does Orwell’s use of satire affect the meaning of this passage? Check all that apply.

Answer: C, D, and E

Question: Which statement best explains why this passage is an example of irony?

Answer: D.) The reader knows that there is a difference between what is expected and what occurs.

Question: Which lines from the passage help develop dramatic irony? Check all that apply.

Answer: C.) “They were conscious that they were not as other animals.”

D.) “If they worked hard, at least they worked for themselves.”

E.) “All animals were equal.”

Question: How does Orwell use dramatic irony to reveal character?

Answer: C.) The text shows that the animals are completely naive and unaware of their true situation.

Question: What is Orwell’s primary reason for writing chapter 10 of Animal Farm?

Answer: B.) He wants to show that the pigs have become identical to the human farmers, just as Stalin and other communists became like the aristocrats they replaced.

Question: How does the use of satire and irony support Orwell’s purpose? Check all that apply.

Answer: A.) Satire allows Orwell to criticize Soviet communism indirectly.

B.) Orwell’s satire ridicules communism so that its faults can be revealed.

E.) Orwell’s use of irony allows the reader to distinguish between appearances and realities.