Stand-ins
Who does Napoleon represent in the novel?
Stalin
What use of figurative language is present in the extract below:
"A fat red-faced man in check breeches and gaiters, who looked like a publican, was stroking her nose and feeding her with sugar."
Simile
True or false: Animal Farm is primarily a novel about the power of love.
False
Which pig writes the poem lauding Napoleon?
Squaler
How many times a year did the animals decide to shoot Mr. Jones' gun?
Twice
Who does Snowball represent in the novel?
Trotsky
What use of figurative language is present in the extract below:
"...the cows lowed it, the dogs whined it, the sheep bleated it, the ducks quacked it."
Onomatopoeia
A story that is written, usually with animals, to convey a moral or truth is called what?
fable
How was the windmill destroyed the first time?
A storm
How many letters is Boxer able to learn?
Who does Boxer represent in the novel?
The workers (the proletariat)
What use of figurative language is present in the extract below:
"But no animal escapes the cruel knife in the end."
Metaphor
Animal farm was written as an allegory for which historical event?
The Russian Revolution
This is Boxer's original motto.
I will work harder.
How many chapters are there in the novel?
Ten
Who does Mollie represent in the novel?
The bourgeois middle class
What use of figurative language is present in the extract below:
"A wave of rebelliousness ran through the country..."
Personification
What is ironic about the pigs wearing ribbons each Sunday, towards the end of the book?
Ribbons are clothing which breaks the commandments and Mollie was reprimanded for wearing ribbons.
What ends up happening to Mollie?
Mollie runs away to another farmer who gives her sugar and ribbons
How many hens are killed in chapter 7?
Nine
Who does Moses represent in the novel?
The (Russian orthodox) church
What use of figurative language is present in the way Orwell links the animals to real people, and the plot to real events?
Allusion
What does Napolean changing the name of the farm back to “Manor Farm” represent?
The event shows how the farm has come full circle with a totalitarian government, making their rebellion meaningless now.
Which singular commandment replaces the original seven commandments?
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others
How many words are in Animal Farm (answers within 5000 of the true number are allowed)
29,966 (27,500 - 32,500 acceptable)