Animal Farm Flashcards
One main point of Major’s speech was that under Jones their lives are in what condition?
Their lives are miserable laborious and short because of the way Farmer Jones treats them.
Major stated that the only creature who consumes without producing is?
Man
The work of teaching and organizing the others fell naturally upon the pigs, who were generally
recognized as what type of animals?
Intelligent
Early in October of the first year Jones and all his men attempted to do what?
Seize control of the farm
Why were the animals victorious?
When the windmill was blown up at the Battle of Cowshed the animals became enraged and this gave them the courage to win.
There was a rivalry for command between which two animals?
Napoleon and Snowball
In the last chapter, the pigs changed the name of their farm to what?
The Manor Farm
How many letters is Boxer able to learn?
Four
What are Boxer’s sayings?
‘Napoleon is always right’ and ‘I will work harder’.
He is the strongest animal and could easily fight off the pigs and dogs. He never does though, as he is too used to taking orders. Boxer shows that he is trusting in his loyalty to the pigs.
What is Boxer’s ultimate fate?
Boxer’s ultimate fate is that he is sold off to the knacker and eventually dies from overwork.
Which set of words most accurately describes the common animals as a group?
Hard-working and gullible
What is the significance of the pigs’ strong resemblance to humans at the end of the novel?
The strange transformation that the other animals noticed on the faces of the pig was that the faces of the pigs were now just like human faces. The pigs resembled the very men against whom they had fought to set up the Animal Farm. Power had now corrupted the pigs and they were looking just like humans.
What effect does the rebellion at Animal Farm have on other farms in England?
It inspires other animals to revolt
“All animals are equal, but some animals are ___________________________.”
more equal
In what ways are the characters in Animal Farm like the key characters in the Russian Revolution?
Manor Farm is allegorical of Russia, and the farmer Mr. Jones is the Russian Czar. Old Major stands for either Karl Marx or Vladimir Lenin, and the pig named Snowball represents the intellectual revolutionary Leon Trotsky. Napoleon stands for Stalin, while the dogs are his secret police
“Never mind the milk comrades. That will be attended to.”
Napoleon
Who said “Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ribbons?”
Snowball
Who said “The only good human being is a dead one.”
Snowball
Who said “Day and night we are watching over your welfare.”
Squealer
Who said “I have no wish to take life, not even human life.”
Boxer
Who is the author of Animal Farm?
George Orwell
In what country is the story set?
England
Who is the author of Animal Farm?
George Orwell
Define the term allegory.
A story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation
How does the news of the Animal Farm success spread around the countryside
The pigeons fly to other farms and spread the news.
Define the term allegory.
A story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation
Why are the seven commandments reduced to one statement “Four legs good, two legs bad”?
The animals were simple and could not remember all 7.
Define the term allegory.
A story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation
