plumiAnimal Farm: AQA GCSE English Literature questions
Every AQA GCSE English Literature exam question on Animal Farm, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 12 questions on Animal Farm, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q17 (34 marks): ‘In Animal Farm Orwell suggests that no society can ever be truly equal.’ How far do you agree with this view of Animal Farm? Write about: • examples of equalit
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q18 (34 marks): How far does Orwell present Napoleon as responsible for the failure of the revolution in Animal Farm? Write about: • what Napoleon says and does • how far Orwel
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q17 (34 marks): How does Orwell use Squealer to explore ideas about power and control in Animal Farm? Write about: • what Squealer says and does • how Orwell uses Squealer to e
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q18 (34 marks): How does Orwell use the ending of Animal Farm to explore ideas about revolution? Write about: • what happens in the ending of Animal Farm • how Orwell uses the
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q17 (34 marks): How does Orwell present the reasons for Snowball’s defeat in Animal Farm? Write about: • what happens to Snowball • how Orwell presents Snowball’s defeat.
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q18 (34 marks): How does Orwell use what happens to the Seven Commandments to explore ideas about the revolution? Write about: • what happens to the Seven Commandments • how Or
- June 2022, Paper 1M, Q17 (30 marks): How far does Orwell present Snowball as the hero of Animal Farm? Write about: • what Snowball says and does • how far Orwell presents Snowball as the hero of An
- June 2022, Paper 1M, Q18 (30 marks): How does Orwell present the ways that the pigs’ clever use of language helps them to control the other animals? Write about: • what the pigs say and do • how Or
- November 2021, Paper 1M, Q17 (30 marks): How far does Orwell present Boxer as a sympathetic character in Animal Farm? Write about: • what Boxer says and does • how far Orwell presents Boxer as a sympat
- November 2021, Paper 1M, Q18 (30 marks): In Chapter 1, Old Major says, ‘All men are enemies. All animals are comrades’. How does Orwell present Old Major’s speech as important to the events of Animal F
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q17 (34 marks): How far does Orwell present Napoleon as a character who is only interested in power? Write about: • what Napoleon says and does • how far Orwell presents Napole
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q18 (34 marks): How does Orwell present relationships between the humans and the animals in Animal Farm? Write about: • the relationships between the humans and the animals • h
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