Animal Farm Quiz Flashcards
Who do the following characters represent?
Napoleon, Squealer, Snowball, Old Major
Joseph Stalin, Russian media, Leo Trotsky (exiled from Russia in 1929 as Stalin took control), Karl Marx/Vladimir Lenin
Who do Boxer and Mollie represent
Working class, Mollie may simply represent members of the working class that remained faithful to the Czar
Who do the dogs represent in Animal Farm
Military/police
Who do the birds represent in animal farm?
In real life, there were several classes of citizens ‘left out’ of socialist rhetoric as well.
The rural farmers, the clergy, the ‘intelligentsia’, and other ‘non-labour union’ types probably felt left out, just as the birds did in the novel
Who does Moses represent
Russian Orthodox Church
The Hens represent ____________.
Peasant farmers
The rats and rabbits represent _____
represent beggars, thieves and gypsies.
The sheep represent the _____ at large and the “fox in the yard” represents _______
Masses, revolutionaries
Manor Farm represents Russia while Animal farm represents _____
USSR
Foxwood is owned by ____ and represents _____ while Pinchfield is owned by ____ and represents _____
Pilkington, England
Frederick, Germany
Animal Farm was written by _______
One of his other famous books is _____
George Orwell, 1984
What two animals are best friends on the farm?
Boxer and Benjamin
Humans are ______
Capitalists
A system of thought summarizing Old Major’s teachings
Animalism
Who discovers Sugarcandy Mountain
Moses the crow
What are the 7 commandments on animal farm?
(1) Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. (2) Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. (3) No animal shall wear clothes. (4) No animal shall sleep in a bed. (5) No animal shall drink alcohol. (6) No animal shall kill any other animal. (7) All animals are equal.
What is the single Maxim the seven commandments get reduced to?
Four legs good, two legs bad
“Animal Hero, First Class” and “Animal Hero, Second Class” are awarded to whom at the end of the Battle of Cowshed
Snowball, Boxer
Sheep (who died)
Which word best characterizes Benjamin’s feelings towards the windmill
Apathetic
What really knocked down the windmill the first time, even though the animals thought it was _____
A storm, Snowball
How many hens die when they rebel
Nine
When Napoleon orders the dogs to kill the “traitors,” do the animals know it is Napoleon that’s doing so?
No, they believe it is simply the dogs going ballistic
Napoleon changes his name to “___________________________”
Our Leader, Comrade Napoleon
The second attack is led by ____________ and he and his man destroy the windmill by ___________________. _________ is injured
Frederick (Germany)
Blowing it up
Boxer
When does Benjamin first show emotion
In Chapter 9, when Boxer is taken to the “hospital” (glue factory) after he is hurt and decides to retire
What do the pigs do with the money they earned from sending Boxer away?
Buy whiskey
The pigs meet inside the farmhouse with the neighboring farmer _________________, who congratulates them on running a farm with the hardest working and most underfed animals in England.
Pilkington
The pigs ditch the name Animal Farm and begin calling it _________ again
Manor Farm
lie is something that contradicts the _______’ agenda; a truth is something that supports it
Pigs
What is ironic about the Rules in Animal Farm?
Instead of preserving order, rules are used to deceive and abuse.
Who do the following characters represent?
Mr. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Pilkington, Mr. Frederick, Mr. Whymper
The last Tsar of Russia, the Tsar’s wife, French leaders, German leaders (Hitler), capitalists who did business with the Soviet trade
