Animal Farm

Question 1

Satire

Answer 1

a form of literature that uses ridicule to make specific events and people look foolish or stupid

Question 2

Farce

Answer 2

a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character

Question 3

Totalitarianism

Answer 3

one party or group controlling a government

Question 4

Capitalism

Answer 4

an economic system where individuals own business

Question 5

Republic

Answer 5

a form of government where the head of state is not a monarch and some people have a say in the government

Question 6

Proletariat

Answer 6

a group which has nothing to sell except its labor; the working class

Question 7

Bourgeoisie

Answer 7

the property owning class

Question 8

Idealist

Answer 8

one who sees things as they could be rather than they are

Question 9

Realist

Answer 9

a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are

Question 10

Adversary

Answer 10

a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe

Question 11

Compatriot

Answer 11

a native or inhabitant of one’s own country

Question 12

Scapegoat

Answer 12

one who bears the blame for others

Question 13

Broker

Answer 13

a person paid a fee for acting as an agent in making sales

Question 14

Enmity

Answer 14

a feeling or condition of hostility

Question 15

Taciturn

Answer 15

reserved in speech

Question 16

Militant

Answer 16

engaged in warfare

Question 17

Euphemism

Answer 17

a substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend

Question 18

Over-simplification

Answer 18

to simplify to the point of causing misrepresentation

Question 19

Card Stacking

Answer 19

propaganda technique that seeks to manipulate audience perception of an issue by emphasizing one side and repressing another

Question 20

Internal Contradiction

Answer 20

a conflict within one’s self