Animal Farm I
Known to repeat: "Four legs good. Two legs bad."
Who are the sheep?
Whose motto is "Napoleon is always right"?
Who is Boxer?
The idea Snowball originally came up with to improve conditions on the farm (Napoleon fought against this)
What is building a windmill?
Czar Nicholas was a cruel leader overthrown in the Russian Revolution. Who represents him in the book?
Who is Mr. Jones?
Who does Mollie represent in the Allegory and how?
Mollie is the upper/rich class.
She only cares about her looks/appearance and only wants an easy life where she is taken care of.
Threatens others to protect Napoleon
Who are the dogs?
Talks of Sugar Candy Mountain
Who is Moses?
DAILY DOUBLE!
The system of thought created from Old Major's teachings
What is Animalism?
The reason the windmill collapsed the first time
What is wind/storm?
Karl Marx invented Communism and died before the Russian Revolution. Who represents him in the book?
Who is Old Major?
What is the literary device called when the reader knows more than the book characters?
What is Dramatic Irony?
Introduced the animals to the "Beasts of England" song
Who is Old Major?
Died in an inebriate's home
Who is Jones?
The way Snowball and Napoleon spread the news of the rebellion to the animals on neighboring farms.
Who are the pigeons?
Name all of the original seven commandments
1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
3. No animal shall wear clothes.
4. No animal shall sleep in a bed.
5. No animal shall drink alcohol.
6. No animal shall kill any other animal.
7. All animals are equal.
DAILY DOUBLE!!
Who represents the propaganda machine of the Soviet Union and this publication, and what is the example George Orwell gives to the readers as to how persuasive the character is?
Who is squealer?
What is "Can turn black into white"?
DAILY DOUBLE!
What is the last commandment at the end of the book and what does this show the Animal Farm government is run as?
What is "Communist Government"?
Who gave Napoleon forged bank notes, then waged war on him? Who was he in the book and in real life?
Who is Mr. Frederick/ Adolf Hitler?
The only one who knew where Boxer was being sent when he was hurt
Who is Benjamin?
The way that the hens rebelled
What is smashing eggs from the rafters?
The pigs were able to afford this after Boxer's death.
What is whiskey?
Napoleon represents Stalin in the book with his plan to improve life on the farm. What was Stalin's actual plan called?
What is The Five Year Plan?
Explain the literary connections that exist between the character snowball and the revolutionary leader Leon Trosky. Name a minimum of 3.
Trosky was intelligent- wanted better for Russia- Snowball wanted the windmill to lessen workload for Animal Farm and knew how to construct it.
Trosky died by icepick, snowballs name is related to snow/ice.
Snowball was chased away, Trosky was chased away- both exiled.
Played the ace of spades simultaneously with Napoleon, left him to fend for himself against the Pinchfield battle.
Who is he in the book and in real life?
Who is Pilkington/King George V?
The name of the pig who created songs and poems in Napoleon's honor
Who is Minimus?
What was Boxer looking forward to at the beginning of chapter nine?
What is retirement?
What is a "scapegoat"? and who is this in the book?
- Someone to place all the blame on.
- Snowball
Leon Trotsky was chased away by and ultimately murdered. How did he die?
What is "An icepick to the skull"?
Explain the significance of the pigs continuation of editing the commandments after which they were broken.
Pigs changed the laws to benefit themselves, it shows the leaders could do anything they wanted because the rest of the animals were not as educated and could not argue due to being manipulated by propaganda confusing their memories. This shows leaders in power over the uneducated can get away with anything, therefore it is important to educate yourself to always understand what is happening around you and not just believe what you are told.