Animal Farm - Final Exam Prep

Animal Farm is an allegory in that it

• Has a surfaced level meaning & deeper level meaning represented by symbols

• Is a story about an imaginary revolution by animals

• Was written as a satire

• Involves animals

George Orwell's real name is Eric Blair. He most likely used a pen name because

• He wrote Animal Farm as a joke

• by depicting him as a pig, Orwell insulted a very powerful and cruel leader and wanted to protect himself

• He felt that George Orwell sounded more like an author's name

• By depicting him as a pig, Orwell mocked the father of communism and didn't want offended communists to learn his real name

Animal Farm is an allegorical satire on:

• The Russian Revolution

• The American Revolution

• World War I

• The War of the Worlds

Orwell's cynical attitude and tone toward the events and characters in the story is closest of that of ___________. In other words, if Orwell were a character in his own book, which character would he be?

• Boxer because he works hard to reveal the truth

• Snowball because he is a good persuasive talker

• Napoleon because he believes that dictatorship is the ideal form of government

• Benjamin because he focuses on the negative aspects of a failed revolution without providing solutions

Which piece of evidence would be the strongest to prove that Mr. Jones is a tyrannical and cruel leader?

• "Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes"

• "Let us face it: [Under Mr. Jones] our lives are miserable, laborious, and short. We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep breath in our bodies, and [we] are forced to work to the last atom of our strength... [then] we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty"

• "[Mr. Jones] is the only creature that consumes without producing"

• "The rest [of the eggs and milk] have gone to market to bring in money for Jones and his men"

Old Major symbolizes...

• The adherence to the law of dominance by man

• The old and wise animals of the farm

• The philosophical vision of the revolution

• The dream that is impossible to accomplish

Old Major is like Karl Marx in that he

• leads a revolution

• expresses radical thoughts that could never really happen

• has a dream that everyone can live in peace and harmony

• has a dream of equality or classes that is later used to form a revolution

What characteristic of the pigs enabled them to take control of organizing and teaching?

• their bossiness

• their cleverness

• their size

• their intimidation factor

Animalism and Communism are similar because

• Communists behave more like animals than humans

• There is no distinct class system, so everyone is equal and works to his/her capacity

• There is no government and no leaders

• Communists own private businesses just as each animal produces individual products

What might the new name "Animal Farm" represent?

• Russia changing its name to Soviet Union

• Russians revolting against Tsar Nicholas II

• The Soviet Union becoming a dictatorship

• Russia making allies with Germany