animal farm test

Question 1

Who represent the Tsar and his wife in animal farm

Answer 1

Mr. jones and Mrs. Jones

Question 2

The Tsar and his family lived in immense wealth and luxury, however, the people in Russia were losing faith in him.
How was this represented in Animal Farm?

Answer 2

M. Jones and his family live in a large farmhouse, which is immense wealth compared to the living conditions of that of the animals, who live in stalls if they’re lucky. I know this because when the animals go into Jones’ house for the first time, they are shocked by the luxury around them.

Question 3

What does Old Major’s speech represent?

Answer 3

Old Major’s speech represents the communist Manifesto, and Old Major is Karl Marx.

Question 4

What caused the revolution in animal farms? How is this symbolized in the Russian Revolution?

Answer 4

-Mr. Jones was neglecting the animals and didn’t feed them, he also didn’t milk the cows.
This drove the animals mad and they started to help themselves to food. Then, Mr. Jones comes back with four men and starts whipping the animals.
Then the animals fight against the humans and kick them off the farm

This is symbolized in the Russian revolution because when the riots began in Petrograd in the February revolution of 1917, they were begging for food.
Then the Tsar sent soldiers to control the masses, but the efforts failed and he abdicated, which is represented by Jones leaving the farm.

Question 5

Pigs take control after Jones flees. How is this represented in the Russian Revolution?

Answer 5

This is represented in the Russian Revolution when the Bolsheviks took over (the Bolshevik Revolution and the USSR is established.

Question 6

Commandments are written based on Animalism & Old Major’s ideas
How is this represented in the Russian Revolution?

Answer 6

This represents the establishment of a socialist government and the USSR based on Marxist, and Leninist ideas.

Question 7

Farmer Jones constantly socializes with other farmers and forgets to take care of the animals as a result. How is this represented in Animal Farm:

Answer 7

Tsar Nicholas, incompetent leader

Question 8

he plan Stalin used to rapidly industrialize the country. He achieved huge increases and saw economic growth…but at an enormous and tragic cost. His plans were ruthlessly enforced - factories were given strict targets which many workers found impossible to fulfill. Those who failed were scapegoated by many as being against the revolution or anti-Stalin and were imprisoned or executed as enemies of the state. What is this and
how is this represented in animal farm?

Answer 8

5-year plans
represented by the windmills

Question 9

he plan Stalin used to rapidly industrialize the country. He achieved huge increases and saw economic growth…but at an enormous and tragic cost. His plans were ruthlessly enforced - factories were given strict targets which many workers found impossible to fulfill. Those who failed were scapegoated by many as being against the revolution or anti-Stalin and were imprisoned or executed as enemies of the state.

Question 10

Moses flees the farm during the rebellion

Answer 10

THe Bolsheviks persecuted religion in Russia since Karl Marx was against it, and Moses represented religion

Question 11

Old Major’s introduction of Animalism to Manor Farm.

Answer 11

Marxist ideas first come to russia

Question 12

attle of the animals against Jones, ending with him fleeing for his life

Answer 12

attle of the animals against Jones, ending with him fleeing for his life

Question 13

The Seven Commandments are established to govern Animal Farm

Answer 13

The Seven Commandments are established to govern Animal Farm

Question 14

Leon Trotsky–because he was amazing at organizing, public speaking, for his creation of the Red Army, and because people saw him as a hero in the civil war

Answer 14

Trotsky was second only to Lenin
And the most popular candidate for Lenin’s position

Question 15

Russia’s involvement in WWI disrupted the economy and caused many casualties. This caused Growing civil unrest, food shortages, and eventually widespread government corruption led to an open revolt in Petrograd,

Answer 15

February revoloution

Question 16

Who were the Bolsheviks? How are they represented in Animal Farm?

Answer 16

far-left, revolutionary Marxist faction founded by Vladimir Lenin.
Vladimir Lenin is represented by Old Major, the pigs are the Bolsheviks.

Question 17

Who were the red armies fighting in the Russian civil war?

Answer 17

the white armies

Question 18

Who were the white armies? Who were they in Animal Farm?

Answer 18

The white armies included, among others, former officers of the Tsar.

The allies from WW1, such as Britain, the USA, Japan, Italy, and France all intervened on the white side and provided them with resources and soldiers.

Farmer Jones and his men, Pilkington’s men, and Frederick’s men all represent the white armies and the allies.

Question 19

Why did many of the allies intervene in world war 1? How is this represented in Animal Farm?

Answer 19

-They were alarmed that the Bolsheviks wanted to start revolutions all over the world. In animal farms, the Bolsheviks desire to start a world revolution through the pigeons going to other farms and telling them about animal farms.
- The alarm of the allies is represented through Pilkington, Frederick, and the rest of the farmers’ fear of the animals’ rebellion across the countryside.

Question 20

After the war the Bolsheviks eliminated religion in Russia. Karl Marx believed that religion was bad for society.
How is this represented in animal farm?

Answer 20

-Religion is represented by Moses.
-The pigs kept trying to convince the people that Moses was lying about Sugarcandy mountain (heaven).
-Moses fleeing after the rebellion.

Question 21

Was success in the USSR imminent and did happiness happen right away? How is this represented in Animal Farm?

Answer 21

-The people were still hungry and life was still hard after the Bolsheviks took over.
-The animals in Animal Farm still had to work hard after winning the Battle of the Cowshed

Question 22

What does the Battle of the Cowshed represent?

Answer 22

The Bolshevik Revolution

Question 23

Did Joseph Stalin have an important role in the Bolshevik Revolution? How is this represented in Animal Farm?

Answer 23

-No, but he had historians write one for him after he came into power.
-This is represented in Animal Farm because later, Squealer makes up an important role for him at the Battle of the Cowshed, and denies Snowball’s role as being truly the most important one in the battle.

Question 24

Who did Stalin see as his number one opponent for Lenin’s vacated role after his death? Why? How is this represented in Animal Farm?

Answer 24

-Stalin saw Trotsky as his number one opponent since he was the most popular candidate and he was second only to Lenin.
-This is represented by the ongoing rivalry between Snowball (trotsky) and Napoleon (Stalin,) up until Snowball’s exile.
-THis is represented in animal farm by Napoleon’s attempts to go against Snowball’s ideas, such as peeing on the windmill plans.

Question 25

Why was Trostky so important in the Bolshevik Party and to Lenin? How is this represented in Animal Farm?

Answer 25

-Trotsky joined the bolsheviks right before the revolution and became a leader within the party.
-Trotsky helped to create the Red army to fight the white armies during the Russian civil war.
-This is represented in Animal Farm by Snowball’s important role in the Battle of the Cowshed, and his re-education programs and commities.

Question 26

Why was Stalin able to gain so much power in the Bolshevik party? What was his job? How did he use it to his advantage?

Answer 26

-Stalin was appointed to the party secretariat in 1922, which means he was the person who documented the details of the party members and appointed people to administrative positions.
-This allowed him to appoint the people that were loyal to him and move people he didn’t like.
-He built up a following behind the scenes through several alliances

Question 27

What was Rapid Industrialization and the 5-year plans? Why did Stalin create them, and why did they fail? How is this represented in Animal Farm?

Answer 27

-Stalin made a series of five-year plans to rapidly industrialize the USSR. He believed that otherwise, the USSR would fail if it didn’t get to the same level as its capitalist neighbors.
-He gave factories strict targets and if they didn’t meet them, they were scapegoated as being against Stalin and killed or sent to the Gulag. These unrealistic quotas caused people to lie about how much product they were producing since they were afraid to be killed or sent to the Gulag.
-This is represented in the animal farm through the windmill, and the many times it failed and succeeded represent the 5-year plans.
-the animals all working like slaves

Question 28

What was collective farming? What happened to people that refused to be a part of it, and how did people stand up to it?

Answer 28

-Stalin forced farmers into collective farming, through a system of farming where land was owned communally by the state.

-Those who refused were shot or sent to labor camps (the Gulag.) He also sent the better-off farmers to Siberia.

-Many farmers killed their own livestock and destroyed their own farm machinery in protest of having their land taken by the state.

Question 29

How did collective farming work? Why did it fail?

Answer 29

• IN collective farming farmers would work the land and hand over quotas of crops to the government.
  -Collectivization caused Russian agriculture to be even less productive and failing because most livestock was dead, many experienced farmers were dead or in labor camps, and farmland was left until.

Question 30

How did the government deal with the failures of collective farming? What was caused by these actions?

Answer 30

-when the farmers didn’t have enough crops to meet the quotas, the government would take all of the crops.
-This caused famine and starvation.

Question 31

What happened with collectivization in Ukraine?

Answer 31

-IN Ukraine, collectivization caused a famine called Holodomor.

Question 32

What was the Holodomor, and why did it happen?

Answer 32

-The Holodomor was a mass famine in Ukraine that was caused by collectivization.
-In Ukraine Collectivization was the worst.
-when the farmers didn’t have enough crops to meet the quotas, the government would take all of the crops.
-Millions of people starved to death, and it was impossible to flee (those who tried to flee were refused train tickets or arrested if they tried to escape on foot.)

Question 33

What events in Animal Farm represent collectivization and the Holodomor?

Answer 33

-Napoleon and the pigs own all the crops and have special access to some crops.
-the pigs don’t have rations
Napoleon takes quotas of the chickens’ eggs.
-The chicken rebel, and lay their eggs in the rafters so they break when they hit the ground.
-Napoleon cut their rations, and some chickens starve to death and die (Holodomor.)
-Napoleon increases egg quotas later in the book.

Question 34

What did the government do to try and cover up the Holodomor? How is this represented in Animal Farm?

Answer 34

– The government told the people that Collectivization was going well and that there was no famine.
-This is represented in Animal Farm by squealer saying that there was no chicken rebellion and that the chickens died of disease.

Question 35

what does indoctrination mean?

Answer 35

the process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically.

Question 36

Propaganda

Answer 36

information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

Question 37

Misinformation:

Answer 37

false or inaccurate information, especially that which is deliberately intended to deceive.

Question 38

What did Stalin use propaganda to make himself seem like? Why did he do this?

Answer 38

-Stalin tried to convince the people, through propaganda, that he was their savior and rewrote history to make it seem like every good thing that happened was because of him.
-He tried to make worshiping him like the religion of the soviet union, and this allowed him to have complete power over everyone

Question 39

What were some ways Stalin brainwashed the people? What are some ways squealer and the pigs brainwashed the people?

Answer 39

-Children were brainwashed as well in schools, and education became more focused on indoctrination.
-He rewrote history in his favor to make it seem like every good thing that happened in USSR history was because of him.
-Pictures of him were everywhere.

The Spontaneous Demonstrations in the book demonstrate how Stalin tried to build a strong national identity centered around him.
Squealer’s propaganda about Napoleon doing everything for the people.

Scapegoating Snowball, saying jones will come back if they don’t comply.

Boxers always say Napoleon is right, sheep bleating what Napoleon says.

-Squealer lying about events that might upset the animals or inspire rebellion.

-Using misinformation to make it seem like life was better and all animals were equal,

Question 40

What was the Gulag?

Answer 40

Cruel labor camps in Siberia were established to send people who were accused of opposing communism. They were also used to scare people into complying with his strict rules of society.

Question 41

Why were people sent to the Gulag, and what did the Gulag allow the government to do?

Answer 41

He sent some people for legitimate crimes, but the vast majority were sent for basically no reason. If you didn’t meet your quotas you were also sent to the Gulag.

Allowed him to have complete control over the people because people were scared of being sent, therefore, they were afraid of telling the truth and doing anything but doing exactly what the government says to do.

Question 42

What is a show trial and how was it represented in Animal Farm?

Answer 42

A show trial is a trial held in public for the purpose of satisfying or swaying public opinion, instead of for the purpose of justice. This is represented in Animal Farm when Napoleon executed the “traitors” in front of all the animals, and all the confessions that happen throughout the novel.

Question 43

How did Stalin use show trials and who were his victims?

Answer 43

The victims of these trials were high-ranking communist party officials who were charged with false accusations of awful crimes and then killed. The judges come to a guilty verdict before the trial begins in show trials.

Stalin used show trials to eliminate his enemies and turn the opinion of the general public against them. By the end of the last trial, Stalin had killed many of the old bolshevik leaders, half of all military officials, and over half of the high-ranking Communist party officials.

Question 44

What was the Great Terror and how was it used?

Answer 44

The Great Terror was a time period where there was a widespread campaign of “purges” or mass arrests. Stalin used purges to take control of Soviet Society.

Question 45

Why were millions of people arrested, based on false accusations, in the Purges?

Answer 45

-The Communist government falsely accused millions of people of committing crimes.
-Those who weren’t killed were sent to the Gulag.
The purges created a suspicious environment that weakened the people.

Question 46

Who committed these purges? How are they represented in Animal Farm?

Answer 46

-The NKVD committed these purges
- the dogs in animal farm represent the NKVD

Question 47

Who did Stalin especially purge?

Answer 47

Purged the educated class, army, political figures, heroes of the revolution, and the old Bolsheviks.

Question 48

What was the Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression pact? Why was it such a surprise to the world?

Answer 48

A secret agreement between the Germans and the Russians (…who were enemies…) that said that they would not attack each other & divide Poland between them.

-The soviets were anti-fascist and anti-nazi, and the nazis were anti-bolshevik and anti-semitic.

Question 49

What events in Animal Farm Represent the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

Answer 49

The animals on animal feared Frederick and heard that he abused his animals on his farm, just like the Soviets feared the Nazis.

Napoleon agrees to trade with Mr. Frederick, and sell the timber to him. THis represents the pact and the Nazis and the Soviets becoming allies when they invaded Poland.

Question 50

Why did Hitler want to conquer the USSR? How is this represented in Animal Farm?

Answer 50

Hitler wanted to conquer the USSR because he believed that the USSR’s Red Army was the biggest threat to his conquering Europe.

Mr. Frederick thought the animal farm was the biggest threat to his power over his animals because the Animal farm sent pigeons to different farms to persuade the animals to rebel.

Question 51

What was Operation Barbarossa, and what did this cause to Soviets to do as far as foreign relations? How is this represented in Animal Farm

Answer 51

Operation Barbarossa was the Nazis plan to invade the USSR. When it occurred, it pushed the Soviets to join the allies.

Mr. FRederick invades the animal farm, and Napoleon attempts to repair relations and become allies again with Mr. Pilkington. Operation Barbarossa also represents Mr. Fredericks’s betrayal of Napoleon by giving him fake payment for the timber and the invading Animal Farm.

Question 52

Who won operation Barbarossa and why? How is the defeat represented in animal farm?

Answer 52

It was successful for the Germans at first, but it failed due to the cold winter and the force of the Allies and the Red army.
-the animals eventually being able to drive Mr. Frederick and his men out of Animal Farm.

Question 53

What was the Yalta Conference and why did it happen?

Answer 53

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Premier Joseph Stalin, and US president Franklin D. Roosevelt met at Yalta, a small town in Crimea.

They were discussing what to do with the Germans once they had won Operation Barbarossa.

Question 54

How is the Yalta COnference represented in the book?

Answer 54

Animal Farm connection: In Animal Farm, this is symbolized at the end when Napoleon and the rest of the pigs invite Pilkington and some other farmers for a dinner party. The book, it marks the point where the pigs truly become humans, to the point where the animals can’t tell which is which. I think that Orwell was implying that the Yalta conference marks the point where the early days of the revolution and the Bolsheviks are completely forgotten and that the USSR has become the same as the west.

Question 55

Who do the sheep represent in animal farm?

Answer 55

Stalin Loyalists/ brainwashed citizens

Question 56

who do the pigs represent in animal farm

Answer 56

Pigs→ Communist party

Question 57

Who did Mr. frederick represent in animal farm

Answer 57

Adolph hitler

Question 58

who did Mr. Pilkington represent in animal farm?

Answer 58

the allies (Churchill and Roosevelt)

Question 59

What does Boxer’s betrayal represent in animal farm?

Answer 59

Boxer’s betrayal represents the betrayal of the people of the USSR.