Characters
What animal do the pigs use to help enforce the rules?
Dogs
Communism
Where are the commandments written?
On the barn
Snowball
What event in history is the book based off of?
The Russian Revolution
Who works the hardest on the farm?
Boxer
What does Old Major think the animals need to do to solve most of their problems?
Rebel against the humans
Who is rewriting the commandments?
What is Squealer's job on the farm?
Propaganda
How does Boxer die?
He is sold to the slaughterhouse.
Who originally comes up with the idea for the windmill?
Snowball
What is the name of the farm at the end of the book?
Manor Farm
Name 3 ways that the pigs break the commandments
1. Sleep in beds
2. walk on 2 legs
3. Wear clothes
4. Kill other animals
5. Special treatment (not equal)
6. Drink alcohol
7. Befriend humans
What do the pigs grow barley on the farm for?
to make beer
Who is the author of this book?
Who, according to Old Major, is the main cause of all of their problems?
humans
What is the first thing the animals do after the humans are gone?
- destroy the equipment used to enslave them
- get more food
- Rename to Animal Farm & write rules
Name 3 ways that the commandments are changed or rewritten.
- no animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets
- no animal shall drink alcohol to excess
- no animal shall kill another animal without cause
- all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others
- 2 legs good, 4 legs better
Name 2 ways that the pigs physically start looking like humans at the end of the book.
- Wear clothes
- Walk on 2 legs
Who is the oldest and probably the wisest animal on the farm?
Benjamin the donkey
Old Major
Why is the end of Animal Farm ironic?
The pigs have become just like the humans
1. Whatever goes upon 2 legs is an enemy
2. Whatever goes upon 4 legsor has eings 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 egual
Name 3 ways that the pigs exploit the other animals
- pigs receive special treatment/privileges while others don't
- propaganda/manipulation
- Violence/intimidation
- the animals work hard for very little
- they lie to the animals
- they control the animals and make them do what they want
What is the final commandment at the end of the book?
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.