Answer:
B. "After much thought Snowball declared that the Seven Commandments could in effect be reduced to a single maxim, namely: ‘Four legs good, two legs bad.’"
C. "‘A bird's wing, comrades,’ he said, ‘is an organ of propulsion and not of manipulation. It should therefore be regarded as a leg.’"
D. "The birds did not understand Snowball's long words, but they accepted his explanation, and all the humbler animals set to work to learn the new maxim by heart."
E. "When they had once got it by heart, the sheep developed a great liking for this maxim, and often as they lay in the field they would all start bleating ‘Four legs good, two legs.
Explanation:
George Orwell's "Animal Farm" is an allegorical novel where the animals revolted against their human masters and tried to form an authority of their own. But despite successfully removing the humans from the system, they began to fight for power among themselves, which led to their downfall.
Snowball is the pig who opposed and challenged Napoleon for power on the farm. He used persuasive language among the animals to try to influence them to work for their interest in the 'war' against the humans. He invented the maxim <em>"Four legs good, two legs bad"</em> and eloquently persuaded the birds when they questioned the validity of the maxim considering they (the birds) have two legs.
Thus, the <u>four correct answers are options B, C, D, and E</u>.
