Animal Farm Plot
What is the original name of the farm before the animals revolt?
Manor Farm
Most famous novel (alongside Animal Farm)?
1984
The Russian Revolution occurred in what year?
1917
Totalitarianism is...
When the power of a country is concentrated in a single leader.
Fable
A story with a moral or message that features animals in place of humans.
Who is the original owner of the farm?
Mr Jones
What was George Orwell's real name?
Eric Arthur Blair
USSR stands for...
United Socialist Soviet Republic
Capitalism is...
...the belief that governments should have little control or interference in the lives of individuals and businesses.
Allegory
A story where something 'stands in' for something else and has multiple layers of meaning.
What is the name of the horse who wears ribbons and represents the upper class (the bourgeoisie)?
Mollie
Orwell's birthplace?
Bengal, India
Which Czar was overthrown in the Russian Revolution?
Nicholas II
Socialism is...
...the belief that governments are responsible for intervening in individuals'/businesses' affairs in order to create a fair and just society.
Satire
Use of humour to ridicule or critique an aspect of society.
Boxer's motto?
"I will work harder" or "Napoleon is always right"
What belief system did Orwell adopt?
Socialism
What were the Five Year Plans, and who implemented them?
Communism is...
...a system of government based on socialism where a government controls and distributes wealth and resources.
Dramatic Irony
When an audience/reader knows more than the characters in a text - leading to an unexpected and often cruel conclusion.
Name of the battle in which Snowball fought bravely?
Battle of the Cowshed
Died from...
Tuberculosis
What was the Great Purge?
Execution of an estimated 600,000 Soviet citizens, along with imprisonment of many more in the Gulags (forced labour camps).
What did Karl Marx believe?
That workers were oppressed by the ruling class and should band together to revolt and create a free and equal society.
Which Roman poets influenced the development of satire as a literary device?
Horace and Juvenal.