Question

“mollie! look me in the face. do you give me your word of honour that that man was not stroking your nose?”
“it isn’t true!” repeated mollie, but she could not look clover in the face, and the next moment she took to her heels and galloped away into the field.
a thought struck clover. without saying anything to the others, she went to mollie’s stall and turned over the straw with her hoof. hidden under the straw was a little pile of lump sugar and several bunches of ribbon of different colours.
—animal farm,
george orwell
which statement best summarizes mollie’s external conflict?
○ she does not want to share her sugar and ribbons with clover.
○ she is frustrated that clover refuses to see that she is telling the truth.
○ she wants to enjoy certain luxuries that animalism does not allow.
○ she prefers to spend time with humans instead of the other animals.

Explanation:

To determine Mollie's external conflict, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: The text shows Mollie hides sugar/ribbons, not refusing to share with Clover, so this is incorrect.
• Option 2: The conflict is about her desire for luxuries vs. animalism rules, not frustration about Clover's disbelief (internal or less central), so incorrect.
• Option 3: Mollie hides lump sugar and ribbons, which are luxuries. Animalism (the ideology on the farm) likely prohibits such human - associated luxuries. This matches her external conflict of wanting these luxuries despite the rules.
• Option 4: The text focuses on her hiding luxuries, not her preference for human company over other animals, so incorrect.

Answer:

C. She wants to enjoy certain luxuries that animalism does not allow.