Russian Revolution
Characters
Quotes
Propaganda
Miscellaneous Events in Chapters 1-5
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Animal Farm is an allegory for the Russian Revolution. What is an allegory?

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. (A story within a story.)

100

Which character represents a vain and selfish person? 

Mollie

100

"He is dead. I had no intention of doing that. I forgot that I was wearing iron shoes. Who will believe that I did not do this on purpose? 

Boxer

100

What type of control is propaganda?

Psychological

100

What happened to the milk that disappeared? 

It was put into the pigs' mash. 

200

In what year did the Russian Revolution take place?

1917

200

What type of person does Benjamin represent? 

A cynical and negative person. 

200

"You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples."

Squealer

200
What persuasive technique is used in the following sentence from Squealer's speech: "surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back!"?

Fear

200

What building plan did Snowball propose that Napoleon opposed? 

Windmill

300

Who was the leader before the Russian Revolution?

Czar Nicholas II

300

Which real life person is Napoleon meant to represent? 

Joseph Stalin

300

"Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He do not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits." 

Old Major

300

What is the term for presenting two choices as if they are the only two options?

Creating a false dilemma

300

Whose skull do the animals pay reverence to at the meetings? 

Old Major

400

Which army were the Bolsheviks in charge of? 

Red Army (communists)

400

Which character accused Mollie of letting humans pet her nose? 

Clover

400

"Napoleon is always right." 

Boxer

400

What is the persuasive technique that involves link positive, general, and commonly accepted words with a person, group, or cause to make an audience approve without careful consideration?

Generalities

400

Immediately after the Rebellion, we learned that the pigs had done what? 

Learned to read and write

500

What was Lenin's slogan?

"Peace, Land, and Bread"

500

Which real life person is Snowball meant to represent? 

Leon Trotsky

500
"War is war. The only good human being is a dead one."

Snowball

500

What is replacing a "harsh" word with a "nice" word?

Euphemism 

500

What was the motivation for the Rebellion? 

Old Major's dream (man needs to be conquered)

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