I am a cruel leader; mostly because I am a drunkard, but I sometimes have my sympathetic moments
Jones
A term for a friend is used by Old Major and the other animals in the book. It was also used frequently by communists
Comrade
The character who gave the speech that composed most of the dialogue in the first chapter
Who is Old Major?
Generally recognized as being the cleverest of the animals.
Who are the pigs?
The last Czar of Russia before the revolution.
Who is Nicholas II?
I am one of the original leaders of Animal Farm. I may or may not have began with good intentions, but I have transformed into a wicked tyrant. I am extremely power hungry.
Napolean
The system of thought that encompassed Old Major's teaching.
What is Animalism?
After the vote, what's the rule for whether or not an animal is a comrade? Are the rats comrades?
Four legs (or wings) good, two legs bad
A small fat pig with very round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble movements, and a shrill voice. He was a brilliant talker, and when he was arguing some difficult point he had a way of skipping from side to side and whisking his tail which was somehow very persuasive.
Who is Squealer?
A political system whereby the country's resources would be shared equally for the betterment of all
What is Communism?
I am extremely dainty and vain. I love colored ribbons in my hair, even though the other animals claim they are representative of my oppression.
Mollie
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit
Capitalism
An enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together. A white stripe down his nose gave him a somewhat stupid appearance, and in fact he was not of first-rate intelligence.
Who is Boxer?
Which of the following is not a commandment of Animal Farm?
A. No animal shall drink alcohol
B Whatever goes upon two legs is the enemy
C No animal shall wear clothes
D No animal shall partake in tobacco
D
German who wrote "Communist Manifesto"; considered father of Communism.
Who is Karl Marx?
I tell the animals tales of a mysterious country where the animals' labor will come to end and they will all live happily
Moses
The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
satire
The donkey was the oldest animal on the farm, and the worst tempered--but devoted to Boxer.
Who is Benjamin?
Where Moses tells the animals they will go when they die. It is situated somewhere up in the sky, a little distance beyond the clouds; it is Sunday seven days a week, clover is in season all the year round.
What is Sugarcandy Mountain?
Founder of the Russian Communist Party, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, and first head of the Soviet state.
Who is Lenin?
I wrote the allegorical fable of Animal Farm
George Orwell
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
allegory
The song Old Major taught to the animals.
What is "Beasts of England"?
The bits, the nose-rings, the dog-chains, the cruel knives with which Mr. Jones had been used to castrate the pigs and lambs...the reins, the halters, the blinkers, the degrading nosebags, whips, Boxer's straw hat.
What was flung down the well and/or burned after the rebellion?
Animal who represents Karl Marx in "Animal Farm."
Who is Old Major?