MEET THE ANIMALS
The name of the farm before the animals renamed it.
Manor Farm
“Four legs good, two legs bad.”
The sheep
The animal whose speech inspires the Rebellion.
Old Major
How many commandments are there at the start?
Seven
The country and historical event the book is an allegory of.
Russia / the Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union
The huge cart-horse and hardest worker on the farm.
Boxer
“Napoleon is always right.”
Boxer
Which comes first, the Battle of the Cowshed or the Battle of the Windmill?
The Battle of the Cowshed
“No animal shall sleep in a bed” gets two words added. What are they?
“with sheets”
The real-life leader Napoleon represents.
Stalin
The vain mare who loves sugar and ribbons and leaves for a life with humans.
Mollie
“Surely, comrades, you do not want Jones back?”
Squealer
What happens to Snowball?
Napoleon’s dogs chase him off the farm
“No animal shall drink alcohol” is changed to include what?
“to excess”
The real-life revolutionary Snowball represents.
Trotsky
The old donkey who is cynical and rarely speaks, but can read as well as any pig.
Benjamin
“Man is the only creature that consumes without producing.”
Old Major
Boxer collapses. Who comes to take him away, and what do the pigs claim happened to him?
A horse slaughterer. The pigs say he died in a hospital.
“No animal shall kill any other animal” is changed to include what?
“without cause”
What do Napoleon’s dogs represent?
The secret police
The tame raven who tells the animals about Sugarcandy Mountain.
Moses
“Donkeys live a long time. None of you has ever seen a dead donkey.”
Benjamin
In the last scene, what can the animals no longer do when they look from pigs to men?
Tell which is which
The one commandment left on the barn wall at the end.
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
Old Major is a mix of which two thinkers?
Marx and Lenin