What kind of animal is Boxer?
(For a bonus 100 points: What are his two mottos?)
Boxer is a horse. His two mottos are "I will work harder!" and "Napoleon is always right!"
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What does Napoleon say he is doing with the puppies?
(For a bonus 100 points: Where does he take them?)
He says he is "educating" them in a loft in the barn.
100
Animal Farm symbolizes what country?
Russia/The Soviet Union
100
A work of satire is one that ridicules or makes fun of something in order to....?
Critique it or make a point
100
Who wrote Animal Farm?
For a bonus 500 points: What was his real name?
George Orwell (real name Eric Arthur Blair)
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This character says, "The only good human is a dead one."
Snowball
200
Who dies in the Battle of the Cowshed?
(For a bonus 200 points: What award is given to this animal posthumously?)
A sheep dies and is awarded Animal Hero, Second Class.
200
In Animal Farm, who symbolizes Czar Nicholas II?
(For a bonus 200 points, name the character who symbolizes Karl Marx.)
Mr. Jones symbolizes Czar Nicholas II. Old Major symbolizes Karl Marx.
200
What type of story contains multiple layers of meaning?
Allegory
200
What is the name of the broker Napoleon hires to arrange business deals?
Mr. Whymper
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Who is very cynical?
(For a bonus 300 points: To which other animal is he loyal?)
Benjamin
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What/Who destroys the windmill?
A storm
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Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Party and leader of Russia after the Revolution?
Vladimir Lenin
300
What is the primary attribute of a fable?
(There are two. For a bonus 300 points, name both.)
Features animals and Contains a moral lesson
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According to Karl Marx, there are six stages of historical development. Which one is capitalism?
(For a bonus 300 points: name the other two we discussed and whether they have a government.)
Capitalism is the fourth stage. The next two are socialism (government still present) and communism (no government).
400
What letters does Mollie know?
(For a bonus 400 points: Which animal reads as well as the pigs?)
Mollie knows the letters of her name. Benjamin reads as well as the pigs.
400
What words do the animals add to the end of the Fourth Commandment?
"with sheets"
400
Name the two Russian officials who fought for power after the death of Lenin.
(For a bonus 400 points: Name the two characters in Animal Farm that they represent.)
Trotsky and Stalin are represented by Trotsky and Napoleon, respectively.
400
Name two of the four characteristics of satire.
(For a bonus 400 points, name all four.)
Exaggeration, Incongruity, Reversal, Parody
400
What color is the Animal Flag farm and what is on it?
It is green with a white horn and hoof.
500
Correctly name the two neighboring farms and who owns each one, respectively.
Mr. Pilkington runs Foxwood and Mr. Frederick runs Pinchfield
500
What happens to the animals who don't volunteer to work on Sundays?
(For a bonus 1000 points: Orwell liked to use a technique in his writing in which the meaning of words was manipulated/inverted. What did he call it?)
Their rations are reduced. Using "voluntary" to mean "not voluntary" is an example of "doublespeak."
500
What does the windmill symbolize?
Five Year Plans
500
What is the term for when something is characterized by language that implies the opposite?
Hint: It is NOT "reversal."
Irony
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How many people is it estimated were killed during Stalin's rule in Russia?