Chapter 3 Flashcards
(20 cards)
- Why couldn’t the animals use Jones’ farm tools?
They were made for humans, and animals couldn’t stand upon their hind legs while using them.
- How much time did the pigs spend doing manual labour?
None; they did brain work
- Describe the production of the harvest and the time it took compared to Jones’ work.
They brought in the harvest two days faster than Jones ever did, and it was a larger production because no animal stole and all animals used their individual strengths (ex: the ducks and the hens picked up on the extra pieces to bring in).
- How did Boxer wake up early? How much earlier?
Boxer made an arrangement with the cockerel to wake him a half hour earlier than the previous time.
- What was Boxer’s motto?
I will work harder.
- How hard did Mollie work? How hard did the cat work?
Mollie always made excuses to leave, and the cat left whenever it was time to work, yet returned at eating time, purring so sweetly that she was believed for her intentions.
- How often did Benjamin volunteer?
Never
- Describe the Sunday schedule.
The animals would wake an hour later than the rest of the week and would gather for the morning meeting after breakfast. At the meeting, work assignments were doled out and resolutions were brought up for discussion. The afternoon was set for recreation although the animals struggled with that idea.
- Who put forward resolutions?
The pigs, usually Snowball and Napoleon
- How did the meetings end?
With the singing of Beasts of England
- Where did the pigs set headquarters?
In the harness room
- What organization(s) or group(s) that Snowball arranged succeeded?
Although he formed several committees/organizations, few succeeded except for the reading and writing classes, which had great success.
- What animal could read as well as the pigs?
Benjamin could, but he chose not to, and Muriel could read better than the dogs but not as well as the pigs.
- How did Boxer and Clover handle learning the alphabet?
Clover learned the entire alphabet, but she could not form any words. Boxer only learned A, B, C, and D, and when he had learned E, F, G, and H, he had forgotten A, B, C, and D.
- Into what short saying did Snowball summarize the commandments?
Four legs good; two legs bad.
- What animals objected to Snowball’s maxim? And how did Snowball convince them otherwise?
The birds objected because they only had two legs, but Snowball convinced them that wings were like legs because wings were a mechanism for propulsion and not manipulation as is man’s hand. Man does all his evil work with his hands.
- What group grew a liking for Snowball’s saying?
The sheep
- What happened to Jessie and Bluebell’s nine puppies?
Napoleon took them into the loft so that he could educate them properly.
- What was discovered about the apples and milk?
All the pigs agreed that they alone should have them because apples were good for their health.
- How did Squealer explain the use of the apples and milk to the other animals?
These were needed for the pigs’ health and that apples and milk were considered brain food. Without that food mixture, Jones might return, and Squealer asked if they wanted that to happen. Of course, no animal wanted Jones to come back.
