Animal Farm AP Exam

The first paragraph utilizes all of the following EXCEPT

• A. understatement
• B. anaphora
• C. absolutes
• D. rhetorical question

The second paragraph differs from the first paragraph in that the second paragraph 

• A. is less explicit than the first
• B. contradicts the main assertion of the first
• C. overuses rhetorical questions and persuasive techniques
• presents a scapegoat, while the first only presents a situation

The focus of the second paragraph shifts distinctly with the sentence that begins

• "No, comrades..."
• "The soil of England..."
• "This single farm..."
• "Why then..."

In the third paragraph (beginning with "'Man is the'"), the argument that the animals produce everything but own nothing is

• fully supported by concrete examples in the paragraph
• contradicted b the details in the paragraph
• reinforced by the analysis that follows the assertion
• followed by examples that are emotional but tangential

In the fourth paragraph (beginning "And even"), the details that Old major gives about his own life serve to

• explain Old Major's bitterness towards life
• provide an authorial tone of irony and hint of satire
• act as a foil to the miserable life of the other animals
• provide insight into Old Major's resentment of man

From the context of the passage, the reader can infer that a "knacker" is one who

• has various talents and abilities
• takes in old animals to save them 
• butchers animals for profit
• trains horses for fox hunters

From the context of the passage, the reader can infer that a "knacker" is one who

• has various talents and abilities
• takes in old animals to save them 
• butchers animals for profit
• trains horses for fox hunters

The solution that Old Major offers to the animals is 
I. Clearly thought out and logical
II. simplistic and absolute
III. idealistic and revolutionary

• I only
• I and II only
• I and III only
• II and III only