Animal Farm: Historical Satire, Logical Fallacies, & George Orwell

Question 1

Where was George Orwell born?

Answer 1

June 25th, 1903.

Question 2

What was George Orwell’s education?

Answer 2

England’s leading schools: Wellington and Eton.

Question 3

How and when was animal farm rolled out to the public?

Answer 3

Animal Farm was finally published on August 17, 1945, sold more than 250,000 copies, and received tremendously flattering reviews.

Question 4

How does the text relate to the Bolshevik revolution?

Answer 4

One of Orwell’s goals in writing Animal Farm was to portray the Russian (or Bolshevik) Revolution of 1917 as one that resulted in a government more oppressive, totalitarian, and deadly than the one it overthrew.

Question 5

What do the other farms represent?

Answer 5

European powers that witnessed the revolution.

Question 6

What do the confessions of the animals represent?

Answer 6

Rebellion amongst the general public.

Question 7

What events represent the conflict between the USSR and the Nazi’s.

Answer 7

Frederick’s trade agreement with Napoleon, and his subsequent breaking of the agreement.

Question 8

Caricature

Answer 8

picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.