Animal Farm, Ch. 8

Animal Farm
Chapter 8

New commandments and the Battle of the Windmill

• The animals work harder than ever the next year to finish the windmill.

• The animals notice that they work just as hard, if not harder, and are fed no better than they were during Jones's time.

Building the Windmill

Multiple Choice

What do all of these changes in Napoleon's interactions represent, allegorically?

• Stalin's change into a totalitarian leader.

• Trotsky's attempts to undermine Stalin's government.

• Stalin's abdication of his leadership role.

• Stalin's attempt to assassinate any competition.

• Squealer delivers all of his announcements.

• Formal titles are given to Napoleon.

• After three hens confess to an attempt to assassinate Napoleon, Napoleon is guarded by dogs at night and a pig named Pinkeye begins testing his food for poison.

Napoleon

Multiple Choice

What does the counterfeit money show about the humans' opinion of the animals?

• That the animals are not very smart and easily fooled.

• That the animals are fake.

• That the animals are very clever and not easily fooled.

• Napoleon talks about selling lumber to either Pilkington or Frederick.

• He wavers back and forth but eventually sells it to Frederick.

• This is done in order to raise the price of the wood; Napoleon "cleverly" refuses a check from Frederick, and is paid with counterfeit bills.

Pilkington vs. Frederick

Multiple Choice

Which literary device is displayed by the animals' confidence that "nothing short of explosives would lay it low"?

• Foreshadowing

• Irony

• Alliteration

• Symbolism

• Frederick attacks Animal Farm with guns, driving the animals into hiding.

• They blow up the windmill.

• This enrages the animals, who charge again and finally drive off the men.

Battle of the Windmill

• A cow, three sheep, and two geese are killed.

• Three men are killed by Boxer's hooves and one is gored by a cow's horn.

• Boxer feels old as he considers rebuilding the windmill.

Battle of the Windmill

Multiple Choice

What do the pigs discover in the cellars of the farmhouse?

• Whiskey

• Salami

• Extra corn rations

• Clothing

• The next day, Squealer announces that Napoleon is dying. (He's actually just hungover.)

• Afterwards, the Fifth Commandment is changed to say, "No animal shall drink alcohol to excess."

Another commandment changed