Animal Farm Quotes

Question 1

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others

Answer 1

Final Commandment

Question 2

Sheep use this very simplified slogan. They silence protest. With one word, the chant is transformed into a completely opposite meaning

Answer 2

Four legs good; two legs bad/better

Question 3

Central theme

Answer 3

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely

Question 4

Squealer’s propaganda, effortless manipulation of language

Answer 4

Squealer could turn black into white

Question 5

Napoleon is always right

Boxer’s maxim. Whenever Napoleon does something that is he begins to challenge, he quickly reminds himself of this maxim

Answer 5

Napoleon is always right

Question 6

I will work harder

Boxer’s maxim. Whenever anything goes wrong, he commits to work harder. It is his primary solution to everything

Answer 6

I will work harder

Question 7

By Squealer - if all else fails, this argument quickly coerces the animals into agreeing with him.

Answer 7

Surely, comrades, you don’t want Jones back?

Question 8

By Snowball - An example of his very black and white, condemning view of Man. He might have been less cruel than Napoleon, but he could still be merciless in the face of his perceived enemy

Answer 8

No sentimentality, Comrade! War is war. The only good human being is a dead one

Question 9

An example of how those with inferior intelligence can be easily controlled. The animals are unable and discouraged from articulating their opinions

Answer 9

Several of them would have protested if they could have found the right arguments

Question 10

Animals produce but consume less than humans. This illustrates the unfairness of Man’s dominance over all other creatures

Answer 10

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing

Question 11

By Old Major - Condemns their current lives in an attempt to galvanise them into action against

Answer 11

Let’s face it: our lives are miserable, laborious and short

Question 12

By Old Major - Ironic and foreshadowing. This is exactly what happens. The pigs merge into humans

Answer 12

And remember also that in fighting against Man, we must not come to resemble him. Even when you have conquered him, do not adopt his vices

Question 13

By Old Major - Here, a sense of equality is displayed between the intelligent and the ‘simple’

Answer 13

Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers

Question 14

By Old Major - An overly simplified description of the animals’ oppression

Answer 14

Man is the only real enemy we have

Question 15

By Old Major - The animals require the strength and determination to stick by their convictions. They have to be wary of those who seek to influence them and lead them astray. The majority of the animals are unable to do this

Answer 15

And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter. No argument must lead you astray

Question 16

Commandment 1

Answer 16

1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy

Question 17

Commandment 2

Answer 17

2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend

Question 18

Commandment 3

Answer 18

3. No animal shall wear clothes

Question 19

Commandment 4

Answer 19

4. No animal shall sleep in a bed (with sheets)

Question 20

Commandment 5

Answer 20

5. No animal shall drink alcohol (to excess)

Question 21

Commandment 6

Answer 21

6. No animal shall kill any other animal (without cause)

Question 22

Commandment 7

Answer 22

7. All animals are equal

Question 23

Snowball speaking to Mollie. He finds the clothes and finery so coveted by the Bourgeoisie frivolous and superficial

Answer 23

Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ribbons?

Question 24

Because of the pigs intelligence, it is naturally assumed that their place is in the ‘brainwork’. Hard labour is above them

Answer 24

The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others

Question 25

By Napoleon - His first move after banishing Snowball. This eradicates protest and democracy on the farm. Raises the pigs above the others

Answer 25

In future all questions relating to the working of the farm would be settled by a special committee of pigs, presided over by himself

Question 26

This makes it look as though Napoleon is giving the animals a choice, but what sort of choice is it? The rations are already so low that animals will feel compelled to work

Answer 26

This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half

Question 27

A positive way of looking at the fact that the original goals of the Rebellion have not really been achieved. However, in a way, things have worsened. The animals are now being oppressed by their own kin

Answer 27

If they had no more food than they had in Jones’s day, at least they did not have less

Question 28

An effective and convenient way for Napoleon to shift the blame onto someone else. Gives the animals an enemy to unite against that it not Napoleon

Answer 28

Whenever anything went wrong it became usual to attribute it to Snowball

Question 29

The executions and confessions. Orwell describes the executions detachedly and almost flippantly, which makes it even more impactful. Napoleon sees the only solution to a problem as eliminating the problem

Answer 29

When they had finished their confession the dogs promptly tore their throats out

Question 30

The harsh reality they are faced with. Napoleon exerts a rule of totalitarianism, dictatorship and tyranny

Answer 30

They had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes

Question 31

Euphemism for reduced. Instead of saying that the rations are being reduced, he speaks of readjustment. This is more vague and comes with less negative connotations

Answer 31

Rations being readjusted

Question 32

By Squealer - The animals aren’t really free at all. They live under the strict censorship and control of Napoleon. They don’t have free will, or the privilege of voicing their opinions

Answer 32

Besides, in those days they had been slaves and now they were free, and that made all the difference

Question 33

Ultimate superiority of the pigs. They are treated almost like royalty. Animals must submit themselves to the pigs in an archaic fashion

Answer 33

It was laid down as a rule that when a pig and any other animal met on the path, the other animal must stand aside

Question 34

Boxer - Knowledge is power

Answer 34

It would be the first time that he had the leisure to study and improve his mind

Question 35

The animals are working and working, but they never profit from it

Answer 35

Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making themselves any rich

Question 36

By Mr Pilkington - This witicism (joke) shows how both humans and pigs are keeping their lower classes downtrodden and oppressed in order to maintain control

Answer 36

If you have your lower animals to contend with, we have our lower classes

Question 37

In their struggle to overcome their enemy, Man, the pigs have merged into him

Answer 37

The creatures outside looked from pig to man and from man to pig, and from pig to man again: but already it was impossible to say which was which

Question 38

Different people, similar minds

Answer 38

Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike

Question 39

Clover’s nostalgia

Answer 39

She lacked the words to express them.

Question 40

Milk and apples

Answer 40

Many of us actually dislike milk and apples, it was decided without further argument that the milk and the windfall apples should be reserved for the pigs.

Question 41

Theme 1

Answer 41

Propaganda is powerful

Question 42

Theme 2

Answer 42

Ignorance and lack of education can lead to manipulation

Question 43

Theme 3

Answer 43

People work in their own self interest

Question 44

Theme 4

Answer 44

Power leads to corruption

Question 45

Theme 5

Answer 45

Inequality

Question 46

we pigs are…

Answer 46

we pigs are brainworkers

Question 47

porkers

Answer 47

You, young porkers will scream your lives out at the end of the year

Question 48

oxymoron

Answer 48

Our leader comrade napoleon

Question 49

violence - air

Answer 49

the air was heavy with the smell of blood

Question 50

starve

Answer 50

starvation seemed to star the animals in the face

Question 51

fear

Answer 51

no-one dared to speak his mind