Characters
Who was the human antagonist in the novel Animal Farm?
Mr. Jones the Farmer
“All summer long the work on the farm went like clockwork" is an example of what literary element?
Simile
Under Stalin, secret police were established. They were later renamed _____.
KGB
“No animal shall sleep in a bed” is changed to what?
“No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets”.
Whose idea is it to build the windmill?
Snowball
This character used propaganda to manipulate, persuade and confuse the animals on the farm.
Squealer
“As for the pigs, they could already read and write perfectly” is an example of what literary element?
Personification
Karl Marx & Frederich Engels were both commissioned to come up with a plan to organize and improve the worker’s situation in Russia. This plan later became called the ___________.
Communist Manifesto
“No animal shall drink alcohol” is changed to what?
“No animal shall drink alcohol in excess”
Why do the animals want to build a windmill?
To help them with the work on the farm
This character is based on Stalin and was a dictatorial, fierce leader who raised the puppies as an army.
Napoleon
When Old Major says, “Why then do we continue in this miserable condition?’ is an example of what literary element?
Rhetorical Question
Animal Farm is an allegory about the Russian Revolution and the overthrow of what Russian leader?
Tsar Nicholas II
“All animals are equal” is changed to what?
“All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others”
What happens when the windmill idea is finally up for a vote?
Napoleon uses the dogs and chases Snowball off of the farm.
This character was the “pet” of Mr. Jones and spied on the other animals. He also talked to them about Sugar Mountain.
Moses
The missing apples and milk are an example of what literary element?
Foreshadowing
Lenin and his Bolshevik Party overthrew Tsar Nicholas II in 1917 and created the USSR. Upon Lenin’s death in 1924, there was a bitter struggle for power between Leon Trotsky and this man who ultimately gained control under the Communist Party?
Joseph Stalin
Which characters are actually the only one changing the commandments?
Napoleon and Squealer
Who do the animals believe is responsible for the windmill falling down?
Snowball, Napoleon is using him as a scapegoat.
This character loved ribbons and luxury and early on left the farm with the humans
Mollie
Napoleon reads out orders in a "gruff." He is accompanied by his dogs who have "snapping" jaws, and his right-hand man is a pig named "Squealer.“ These are all examples of what literary element?
Onomatopoeia
Stalin claimed to adhere to the principles of Communism, but he really led under what type of regime?
Totalitarian
Which commandment was changed first?
“No animal shall sleep in a bed” was changed to “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets”.
What destroyed the windmill the second time?
It was blown up during the Battle of the Windmill.