Animal Farm

Question 1

7 Commandments of Animal Farm?

Answer 1

Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
No animal shall wear clothes.
No animal shall sleep in a bed.
No animal shall drink alcohol.
No animal shall kill any other animal.
All animals are equal.

Question 2

Whose vision do the animals follow and what is it?

Answer 2

They follow Old Major’s vision, the oldest animal pig on the farm and incredibly wise. Old Major’s vision was that one day humans shall be wiped out and all animals should be equal and live in harmony. He explains that action needs to be taken in order to do something about their situation.

Question 3

What tune do the animals sing?

Answer 3

Beasts of England

Question 4

How does the first rebellion/revolution against Jones go?

Answer 4

After many days without any food, the animals rushed to the food bins and were able to fight off the humans on the farm. Overall it went quite smoothly without too much trouble and no animal casualties.

Question 5

What are the main pigs that take charge and play a large role in the story.

Answer 5

Napoleon (Joseph Stalin), Snowball (Leon Trotsky), and Squealer (Propaganda) are the main three pigs that take charge of the farm.

Question 6

Who is Moses (Story/Real Life)?

Answer 6

Story- He is a bird (Jones’s Pet) and likes to spread fictional stories to animals much to the pigs disliking.
Real Life- Russian Church

Question 7

What are Boxer’s two mottoes?

Answer 7

“I will work harder”

“Napoleon is always right”

Question 8

What is the flag of animal and what does each part represent?

Answer 8

It is a Green Tablecloth with a white hoof and horn in the middle.
Green Tablecloth- England
Hoof/Horn- The Animals

Question 9

What is the slogan that the animals use?

Answer 9

“Four legs good, Two legs bad”

At first this was much to the winged animals disliking until they explained that wings count as “legs”.

Question 10

What happen/are Jessie/Bluebell’s puppies (Story/Real Life)?

Answer 10

Story- They become the nine guard dogs of Napoleon, trained to obey him since birth. They reinforce and protect Napoleon’s position in power.
Real Life- They represent the KGB, the secret police force of the Soviet Union.

Question 11

What/Who are the 3 farmers/farms (Story/Real Life)?

Answer 11

Story- The 3 farmers/farms names are Mr. Jones (Manor Farm), Mr. Fredrick (Pinchfield), and Mr. Pilkington (Foxwood).
Real Life- The 3 real life counterparts names/countries are Tsar Nicholas II (Russia), Adolf Hitler (Germany), and Winston Churchill (England)

Question 12

What is the food food that is taken more of and what is the “reasoning”?

Answer 12

The pigs start taking extra milk and apples. Squealer tells the other animals that since the pigs are smarter they need more food to keep their intelligence and run the farm.

Question 13

What happened in “The Battle of the Cowshed”?

Answer 13

Snowball leads the defense against the humans, after having read Julius Caesar’s war tactics. The Animals fare very well. Only one sheep died. Boxer thinks he killed a stable boy, and feels very regretful after this. Snowball and Boxer receive medals as Animal Hero: Second Class or their sheer bravery and combat during the fight. They take Jones’ gun and agree to fire it every October 12th (Battle of the Cowshed) and every Midsummer’s day (first rebellion).

Question 14

Who leaves the farm?

Answer 14

Mollie
Snowball
Boxer (technically)
Moses (comes & leaves)

Question 15

What is the idea Snowball proposes that is first objected than agreed to by Napoleon?

Answer 15

To build a windmill. This would heat the farm, and lower work to three days a week. Napoleon is very much against the idea of the windmill, until Snowball is chased off the farm in which he realizes its potential.

Question 16

How is the stone for the windmill procured?

Answer 16

They take the stone boulders from the quarry, pull it up a hill, and drop it off so it breaks into pieces.

Question 17

What happens to the first windmill that was almost built?

Answer 17

After a tragic storm involving the destruction of many properties, the animals find out the windmill had also been caught in the midst of it all. As they did not listen to Snowball’s plans, the windmill collapses in the wind due to the walls being too thin. Napoleon blames it on Snowball, making the animals believe that it was just sabotage from Snowball.

Question 18

What was the Hen’s rebellion?

Answer 18

After Napoleon’s finances appear to be too costly for the farm, he orders more eggs to be provided in order to provide for their needs. The hens do not want their eggs to be sold. Instead they lay eggs on a roof, so they will break in an act of protest. Napoleon cuts their rations, and 9 hens die due to their disobeying.

Question 19

Which commandment is changed of the slaughter of many animals?

Answer 19

The commandment changed is “No animal shall kill any other animal”. It is changed to “No animal shall kill any other animal WITHOUT CAUSE.”

Question 20

What changes happen to the pigs and their lifestyle throughout the story?

Answer 20

The pigs throughout the entirety of the story still are supplied with more than enough food and many man-made luxuries all in the name of the “well-being” of the farm. However, they are quick to make reductions to the animal’s lifestyle like their food rations.

Question 21

What are the few new technologies that the windmill brought?

Answer 21

Hay Elevator
Heating
Automated Milking

Question 22

What is Boxer’s flaw?

Answer 22

He is too naive, believing in many of the “causes” of Napoleon and his actions. He believes that his hard work is for the good of everyone and will pay off, thus his saying “I will work harder”. However this causes him to over-work to the point of exhaustion. Boxer lacks the intelligence and the nerve to sense that he is being used as well. Boxer represents the working class, people with great combined strength–enough to overthrow a manipulative government or someone like Napoleon–but are uneducated enough to take propaganda to heart and believe unconditionally in someone’s cause.

Question 23

Who is Boxer (Story/Real Life)?

Answer 23

Story- A cart-horse whose incredible strength, dedication, and loyalty play a key role in the early prosperity of Animal Farm. Quick to help but rather slow-witted, Boxer shows much devotion to Animal Farm’s ideals but little ability to think about them independently.
Real Life- The Working Class of the Soviet Union.

Question 24

Who is Mollie (Story/Real Life)?

Answer 24

Story- She is a vain mare who pulls Mr. Jones’s carriage. Mollie craves the attention of human beings and loves to be adorned. However, she has a much more difficult life after the rebellion and eventually leaves.
Real Life- The aristocrats mostly the nobles that fled to Russia during the revolution.

Question 25

Who is Old Major (Story/Real Life)?

Answer 25

Story- A respected boar whose vision of a socialist utopia serves as the inspiration for the Rebellion.
Real Life- The German political economist Karl Marx and the Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin.

Question 26

Who is Benjamin (Story/Real Life)?

Answer 26

Story- A donkey who refuses to feel inspired by the Rebellion. Benjamin firmly believes that life will remain unpleasant no matter who is in charge. Of all of the animals on the farm, he alone comprehends the changes that take place, but is unwilling to oppose the pigs. He only really feels the consequences of his actions when Boxer dies.
Real Life- The scholars of Russia who were smart enough to realize what Joseph Stalin was doing but failed to take action.

Question 27

What happens to Boxer near the ladder part of the book?

Answer 27

His health starts to fail him due to his older age but still maintains the same workload and was planning to retire later on. This caused him to get injured and in turn was sold off to be slaughtered by the pigs all for some alcohol.

Question 28

What is SugarCandy Mountain?

Answer 28

SugarCandy Mountain is described by Moses to be a place full of relaxation and comfort for animals. This is suppose to represent the idea of heaven told by the Russian Orthodox Church.

Question 29

How is the word of Animal Farm and its rebellion spread across the countryside?

Answer 29

Snowball tells the birds to go to other farms and talk with them, to start rebellions.

Question 30

What action that Napoleon announces to the animals that at first makes them question it? (involving to do with money)

Answer 30

He announces that the animals would do trade through a solicitor, Mr. Whymper that lived in Willingdon. He primarily acted as an intermediary between Animal Farm and the outside world in matters of communication/transaction. Mr. Whymper represents the capitalist who did business with the Soviet state.

Question 31

What was the purge and its significance?

Answer 31

The purge is when Napoleon ruthlessly killed any animal who admitted ( sometimes forced) to be an ally of Snowball with his nine guard dogs. The dogs apparently even try to attack Boxer without any sort of order, however, they were kicked off. This is the first time any animal has been physically harmed, and or killed for that matter, since Mr. Jones’s departure.

Question 32

What does Mr. Fredrick trick Napoleon during their trade and what were the complications involved in selling.

Answer 32

When the Napoleon was first trying to sell the timber, whenever one of the farmers were in negotiations with Napoleon the other farmer was taught to be hated. Finally, Napoleon sells it to Pinchfield, but the money Mr. Frederick gave him for the timber is simply a stack of forgeries.

Question 33

What is the last and only commandment?

Answer 33

The only commandment is “All animals are equal, but some more than others”, oppose to the previous “all animals are equal”.