plumiAnimal Farm: Edexcel GCSE English Literature questions
Every Edexcel GCSE English Literature exam question on Animal Farm, 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 18 questions on Animal Farm, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q19 (40 marks): The others said of Squealer that he could turn black into white. In what ways is Squealer important in the novel? You must refer to the context of the novel in
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q20 (40 marks): Throughout the spring and summer they worked a sixty-hour week, and in August Napoleon announced that there would be work on Sunday afternoons as well. Explore
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q19 (40 marks): We pigs are brain-workers. The whole management and organization of this farm depend on us. (Squealer) In what ways is the pigs’ control of the farm significant
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q20 (40 marks): His answer to every problem, every setback, was ‘I will work harder!’ – which he had adopted as his personal motto. (Narrator describing Boxer) Explore how dete
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q19 (40 marks): Napoleon took no interest in Snowball’s committees. He said that the education of the young was more important than anything. In what ways is education importan
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q20 (40 marks): … old Major, the prize Middle White boar, had had a strange dream on the previous night and wished to communicate it to the other animals. Explore the significa
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q19 (40 marks): ‘Do you know the enemy who has come in the night and overthrown our windmill? SNOWBALL!’ (Napoleon) How is the relationship between Napoleon and Snowball import
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q20 (40 marks): ‘Boxer!’ cried Clover in a terrible voice. ‘Boxer! Get out! Get out quickly! They are taking you to your death!’ Explore how dishonesty is significant in Animal
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q19 (40 marks): ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS. Explore how inequality is presented in Animal Farm. You must refer to the context of the nove
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q20 (40 marks): Clover was a stout motherly mare approaching middle life, who had never quite got her figure back after her fourth foal. In what ways are the horses important i
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q15 (40 marks): Mr. Jones, although a hard master, had been a capable farmer, but of late he had fallen on evil days. Explore how humans are presented in the novel. You must re
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q16 (40 marks): ‘…no animal must ever tyrannize over his own kind. Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers.’ (Old Major) How is power significant in Animal Farm?
- June 2019, Paper 1, Q15 (40 marks): The Commandments were written on the tarred wall in great white letters. Explain how the Seven Commandments are important in Animal Farm. You must refer to the
- June 2019, Paper 1, Q16 (40 marks): ‘Surely, comrades, you do not want Jones back?’ (Squealer) In what ways is fear significant in the novel? You must refer to the context of the novel in your ans
- June 2018, Paper 1, Q15 (40 marks): Immediately the dogs bounded forward, seized four of the pigs by the ear and dragged them, squealing with pain and terror, to Napoleon’s feet. Explain the signi
- June 2018, Paper 1, Q16 (40 marks): Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character. How is Snowba
- June 2017, Paper 1, Q15 (40 marks): Napoleon was a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar… not much of a talker, but with a reputation for getting his own way. In what ways is Napoleon signif
- June 2017, Paper 1, Q16 (40 marks): Do not imagine, comrade, that leadership is a pleasure! On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility. Explore the importance of leadership in the nove
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