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Read the passage from Animal Farm
As Clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with
tears. If she could have spoken her thoughts, it would
have been to say that this was not what they had
aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to
work for the overthrow of the human race. These
scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had
looked forward to on that night when old Major first
stirred them to rebellion. If she herself had had any
picture of the future, it had been of a society of
animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal,
each working according to his capacity, the strong
protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost
brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of
Major's speech. Instead-she did not know why-they
had come to a time when no one dared speak his.
mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere,
and when you had to watch your comrades torn to
Which details best support the theme that oppression
can make alternatives seem impossible? Select two
options.
This was not what they had aimed at when they
had set themselves years ago to work for the
overthrow of the human race."
If she herself had had any picture of the future, it
had been of a society of animals set free from
hunger and the whip."
Othey were far better off than they had been in
the days of Jones, and that before all else it was
needful to prevent the return of the human beings."
"She would remain faithful, work hard, carry out the
orders that were given to her, and accept the
leadership of Napoleon."
