Orwell
What is George Orwell's real name?
Eric Blaire
What was the name of the Russian royal family?
The Romanovs
What real life person does the character NAPELOEON represent?
Joseph Stalin
Snowball, Napoleon and Squealer.
Define: Totalitarianism
A system of government that is centralised and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
What country was Orwell born in?
India
What nickname was given to the Russian Tsar, Nicholas II?
Bloody Nicholas.
Tsar Nicholas II is represented by which character?
Mr. Jones.
What is the name of the philosophy the animals create?
Animalism.
Define: Allegory
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Which Civil War did Orwell volunteer to fight in?
Spanish Civil War
Who led the communist rebellion against the Romanovs?
The character "Moses" is symbolic of an institution, rather than a specific person. What is he symbolic of?
The Russian Orthodox Church
After the battle of Cowshed, the animals take a trophy from the farmer as a symbol of their victory. What object did they take as a trophy?
A gun.
Define: Satire
the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
In what year was Animal Farm published?
1945
What were the Moscow Trials?
Trials set up by Stalin to find anybody that he perceived as a threat guilty of treason and sentenced to death or exile.
One character is used to represent the concept of propaganda and its spread through society. Which character is it?
Squealer.
Napoleon sells Boxer to a glue factory in order to pay for what?
Whisky.
Define: Bolshevik
A radical, far-left, and revolutionary Marxist faction founded by Vladimir Lenin that aimed to overthrow the Russian monarchy.
Orwell is known to speak SEVEN languages. Name THREE.
English, French, Latin, Greek, Spanish, Burmese known for fact.
After Lenin died, Stalin came into power. Who was the other person that could have taken power?
Leon Trotsky.
Mollie and Boxer.
What is the final, single sentence written on the barn that the animals live by at the end of the novel?
Explain the difference between a communist and capitalist economy.
Capitalist: free trade, earn and spend.
Communist: state controlled and divided.