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1
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When did George Orwell live?

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1903-1950

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George Orwell was noted as a _____ and _____, as well as a _____ and _____ _____

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novelist
critic
political
cultural
commentator

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Best known for two novels critical of _____ in general, and _____

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totalitarianism
Stalinism

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Orwell was a person who had a _____ and even making a virtue of his detachment.

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reputation for standing apart

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This “outsider” position often led him to _____.

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oppose the crowd

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He viewed socialists, communists, and fascists as _____ and _____.

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repressive
self-serving

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He was skeptical of…

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governments and their willingness to forsake ideas in favor of power.

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He was a lonely boy who liked to…

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make up stories and talk with imaginary companions

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A masterpiece of political satire, Animal Farm is a tale of _____ individuals who long for freedom but ultimately are corrupted by _____

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oppressed
assuming the very power that had originally oppressed them

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The story traces the deplorable conditions of mistreated animals who can speak and who exhibit many human characteristics. After extreme negligence by their owner, the animals…

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revolt and expel Mr. Jones and his wife from the farm

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11
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What was Orwell critiquing?

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the communist system in the former Soviet Union.

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12
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But why does Animal Farm deserve our attention now that Soviet Communism has fallen and the Cold War is over?

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power of allegory.

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13
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Orwell’s chilling story of the _____ is as fresh and relevant today as when it was first published

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betrayal of idealism through tyranny and corruption

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When was Animal Farm first published?

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in 1945

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What is one of the oldest literary forms

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fable

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A fable is usually…

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short, written in either verse or prose, and conveys a clear moral or message

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The earliest fables still preserved date back to _____

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6th Century Greece B.C.E

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The author of these fables, _____, used animal characters to stand for _____

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Aesop
human “types”

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Though Aesop’s animal fables were ostensibly about animals, they were really _____
tales about _____ and _____.

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instructional
human emotions and human behavior

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Orwell took the short animal fable and expanded it to the length of a short novel in the form of an allegory.

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how many levels of meaning do most fables have?

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2

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the animals stand for types of _____

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people or ideas.

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The way the animals interact and the way the plot unfolds says something about _____.

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the nature of people or the value of ideas

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Any type of fiction that has multiple levels of meaning in this way is called _____.

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an allegory

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Animal Farm is strongly _____

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allegorical

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26
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On the first level, the story about the animals is very _____.

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moving

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The story’s second level involves _____

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the careful critique Orwell constructed to comment on Soviet Russia.

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28
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Animal Farm also has a third and_____level of meaning

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more general

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the third level of meaning might mean that the pigs could more broadly be symbols for _____

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tyranny

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30
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the pigs qualities are therefore not simply the historical characteristics of a set of actual men but are the qualities of all leaders who rely on _____ and _____.

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repression
manipulation

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In a satire, the writer _____ by presenting it in a _____ or _____

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attacks a serious issue
ridiculous light
making fun of it

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Orwell uses satire to expose what he saw as _____

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the myth of Soviet socialism

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Irony results when there is a disparity between _____ and _____

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what an audience would expect
what really happens.

34
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Orwell uses a particular type of irony

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dramatic irony

35
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Orwell relies on the difference between _____ and _____.

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what the animals understand
what the audience can conclude about the situation at Animal Farm

36
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We know just what the animals know, but we can _____

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see so much more of its significance than they can

37
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How does Orwell create a particularly subtle satire

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by using dramatic irony

38
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Satire stages a critique of an individual, group, or idea by _____

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exaggerating faults and revealing hypocrisies

39
Q

Animal Farm is an allegory of _____

A

the Russian Revolution

40
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When was the Czar’s government was overthrown

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By 1917

41
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the Czar’s government was overthrown and replaced by the Bolshevik leadership of _____

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Vladimir Lenin.

42
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When Lenin died in _____, his former colleagues _____ and _____ struggled for power.

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1924
Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin,

43
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who was the hero of the early Revolution,

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Leon Trotsky

44
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who was the head of the Communist Party

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Joseph Stalin

45
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_____ won the battle over power and he deported _____ into permanent exile.

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Stalin
Trotsky

46
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Stalin began to move the Soviet Union into the _____ age.

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modern industrial

47
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Stalins government seized land in order to create _____.

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collective farms

48
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Stalin’s _____ was an attempt to modernize Soviet industry.

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Five Year Plan

49
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The government controlled the _____ and _____ of _____ to the people, and all but outlawed churches.

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flow
content
information

50
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Napoleon = _____

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Joseph Stalin

51
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Boar who leads the rebellion against Farmer Jones

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Napoleon

52
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After the rebellion’s success, he systematically begins to control all aspects of the farm until he is an undisputed tyrant.

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Napoleon

53
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The communist dictator of the Soviet Union from 1922-1953 who killed all who opposed him.

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Joseph Stalin

54
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He loved power and used the KGB (secret police) to enforce his ruthless, corrupt antics.

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Joseph Stalin

55
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Farmer Jones = _____

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Czar Nicholas II

56
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The irresponsible owner of the farm

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Farmer Jones

57
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Lets his animals starve and beats them with a whip

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Farmer Jones

58
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Sometimes shows random kindness

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Farmer Jones

59
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Displays isolated kindness

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Czar Nicholas II

60
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Often cruel and brutal to his subjects

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Czar Nicholas II

61
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Weak Russian leader during the early 1900s

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Czar Nicholas II

62
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Snowball = _____

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Leon Trotsky

63
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Boar who becomes one of the rebellion’s most valuable leaders.

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Snowball

64
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After drawing complicated plans for the construction of a windmill, he is chased off of the farm forever by Napoleon’s dogs and thereafter used as a scapegoat for the animals’ troubles.

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Snowball

65
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A pure communist leader who was influenced by the teachings of Karl Marx.

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Leon Trotsky

66
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He wanted to improve life for people in Russia, but was driven away by Lenin’s KGB.

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Leon Trotsky

67
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Old Major = _____

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Karl Marx

68
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An old boar whose speech about the evils perpetrated by humans rouses the animals into rebelling.

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Old Major

69
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His philosophy concerning the tyranny of Man is named Animalism.

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Old Major

70
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He teaches the animals the song “Beasts of England”

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Old Major

71
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Dies before revolution

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Old Major

72
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The inventor of communism

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Karl Marx

73
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Wants to unite the working class to overthrow the government.

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Karl Marx

74
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Dies before the Russian Revolution

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Karl Marx

75
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Many of the ideals behind the Soviet revolution were based on the writings and teachings of _____

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Karl Marx.

76
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Marx believed that societies are divided into two segments, _____ and _____

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a working class and an owner class.

77
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Marx’s objective was to create _____ in which _____,

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a classless society
the work is shared by all for the benefit of all

78
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Karl Marx believed _____ was the way to achieve this goal.

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revolution

79
Q

What are the two important characteristic of a fable

A

they teach a moral or lesson
the characters are most frequently animals

80
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What is the moral of Animal Farm

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In Animal Farm, the moral involves Orwell’s views about Soviet politics

81
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What is the second important characteristic of a fable

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