Animal Farm – Characters
Which animal represents the working class because of his strength and loyalty?
Boxer
Who is Macbeth’s wife?
Lady Macbeth
(a) Napoleon trains dogs as guards. (b) Snowball becomes the farm’s leader. (c) Boxer is known for saying, “I will work harder.” Which is the lie?
B- SNOWBALL NEVER BECOMES THE LEADER
(a) Macbeth is Thane of Glamis. (b) Banquo’s sons are prophesied to be kings. (c) Lady Macbeth kills King Duncan. Which is the lie?
(c) Macbeth kills Duncan, not Lady Macbeth.
In Animal Farm, what theme is shown when pigs change the commandments?
Corruption of power
Who is the pig that spreads propaganda to control the animals?
Squealer
Who is Macbeth’s best friend that he later betrays?
A: Banquo
(a) The pigs eventually walk on two legs. (b) Clover teaches the animals to read fluently. (c) The commandments are gradually changed. Which is the lie?
(b) Clover cannot read well.
(a) Lady Macbeth urges Macbeth to be strong. (b) Macduff was “from his mother’s womb untimely ripped.” (c) Fleance becomes king at the end. Which is the lie?
(c) Fleance does not become king.
In Macbeth, what theme is shown in “Fair is foul, and foul is fair”?
Appearance vs reality
Which animal teaches Beasts of England but later disappears?
Old Major
Who says, “Fair is foul, and foul is fair”?
The three witches
(a) Squealer rewrites the commandments. (b) Moses tells stories of Sugarcandy Mountain. (c) Mollie bravely fights in the Battle of the Cowshed. Which is the lie?
(c) Mollie avoids the battle.
(a) The witches show Macbeth three apparitions. (b) Banquo’s ghost appears at the banquet. (c) Lady Macbeth dies fighting in battle. Which is the lie?:
(c) She dies off-stage, likely by suicide.
Which theme is common to Boxer’s blind loyalty and Macbeth’s blind ambition?
The dangers of blind loyalty/ambition
Which character represents Trotsky and is chased off the farm?
Snowball
Which character escapes Macbeth’s murderers and later helps defeat him?
Fleance
(a) Napoleon sells timber to Frederick. (b) Boxer enjoys a peaceful retirement. (c) The pigs drink alcohol. Which is the lie?
(b) Boxer is betrayed and sent to the knacker.
(a) The witches stir a potion with “eye of newt.” (b) Macbeth thinks he is safe from men born of women. (c) Lady Macduff escapes to England with her children. Which is the lie?
(c) Lady Macduff and her children are murdered.
In Animal Farm, Napoleon becoming more human symbolises what theme?
Abuse of power / betrayal of ideals
Which cynical animal symbolises skepticism and often says, “Donkeys live a long time”?
Benjamin
Which character is a moral contrast to Macbeth and eventually kills him?
Macduff
(a) Old Major’s skull is displayed. (b) Snowball personally builds the windmill. (c) The pigs become indistinguishable from humans. Which is the lie?
(b) Snowball never builds the windmill himself.
(a) Malcolm tests Macduff’s loyalty. (b) Lady Macbeth sleepwalks and washes imagined blood. (c) Donalbain kills Macbeth in the final battle. Which is the lie?
(c) Macduff kills Macbeth, not Donalbain.
Both works warn about what happens when leaders gain unchecked authority. Which theme is this?
Absolute power corrupts absolutely