Chapter 2

Question 1

What are the seven commandments introduced in this chapter?

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

what quote begins to display the hierarchy on the farm- even right at the beginning?

Answer 2

‘The work of teaching and organizing the others fell naturally upon the pigs, who were generally recognized as being the cleverest of the animals.’

Question 3

what quote foreshadows the downfall of the commandment about the farmhouse?

Answer 3

A unanimous resolution was passed on the spot that the farmhouse should be preserved as a museum. All were agreed that no animal must ever live there.’

Question 4

finish the quote that shows the initial separation between the species of animals

Answer 4

‘So the animals trooped down to the hayfield to begin the harvest, and when they came back in the evening it was noticed that the milk had disappeared.’

Question 5

what quote shows the pigs intelligence and their control over the commandments?

Answer 5

‘They explained that by their studies of the past three months the pigs had succeeded in reducing the principles of Animalism to seven commandments.’