Animal Farm Chapters 1-4

An allegory is a story that:

• is intended to be didactic in providing a moral, ethical, or religious lesson

• has characters who represent persons in history

• has a story within a story

• all of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Animal Farm is an allegory because:

• it has animals living on a farm

• it is about the history of Russian Communism

• it uses animals living on a farm to teach about Russian communism

• none of the above

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

According to Major, what is the cause of all animals' problems?

• environmental destruction by the farmers

• a lack of political power

• humans

• the rats and other wild animals

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is "Beasts of England"? What does it represent for the animals?

• A poem that Squealer would recite; freedom from animals

• An old song Old Major mentioned at the meeting; freedom and hope

• An old song that Snowball came up with; freedom and hope

• A short story that was read to the animals; entertainment

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer elaborated old Major's teaching into a complete system of thought called

• Communism.

• Animalism.

• Socialism.

• Patriotism.

How do the animals end their meetings?

• Marching around the farm

• Singing Beasts of England

• Chanting the Seven Commandments

• Praying to the Sugarcandy Mountain gods

What maxim does Snowball teach to the animals who cannot memorize the Seven Commandments?

(maxim: a short statement expressing a general truth or rule)

• “I will work harder!”

• “All animals are equal.”

• “Long live Napoleon!”

• “Four legs good, two legs bad.”

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is one example of of the pigs slowly beginning to take more control than the others? (Chapter 2)

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is done with the milk every day?

• The pigs mix it into their mash.

• It is shared amongst the animals.

• It is sold to Jones.

• The cat drinks it all.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What was the battle in Chapter 4 named?

• The Battle of Animal Farm

• The Battle of Manor Farm

• The Battle of the Farmhouse

• The Battle of Cowshed