Chapter 10: Animal Farm

1. An "inebriate" is often "inebriated." An 'inebriate" is

• an elderly person.
• a compulsive gambler.
• an alcoholic.

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2. In English there is a subtle difference between the definitions for "morose" and "taciturn." Interestingly, in Spanish, "morose" does not appear to have a direct equal and is sometimes translated as "taciturno." In English, both words can be used to describe someone sad, however, someone "taciturn" is also

• quiet.
• angry.
• hopelss.

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4. When Snowball first proposed building the windmill, he promised that the windmill would bring the animals

• more grain for the pigs to sell.
• lighted, heated stalls in the barn.

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5. The adverb "frugally" MOST nearly means

• in poverty.

• richly.

• economically.

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6. Do you agree with Napoleon? Is true happiness found in being frugal?

• Yes
• No

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7. Not only do the pigs NOT do manual labor, they burn all of the paperwork that they do! From this the reader can infer that Orwell

• did not like bureaucracy.
• thought that writing was a waste of time.
• had not enjoyed Stalin's biography.

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8. The verb "to speculate" MOST nearly means to

• to buy something with the goal of reselling it for a higher price.

• make guesses.

• read between the lines.

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9. The animals are proud of Animal Farm because

• it is a great place for them to live.
• they believe all of the lies.

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10. Squealer uses the sheep to drown out any objections to what the pigs are doing. What can you predict he has taught the sheep?

• a new slogan.
• a patriotic song.

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11. Remember, in Chapter 3, all of the commandments had been simplified into

• "Do not harm any other animals."
• "Never trust a human."
• "It is better to walk on four legs."
• "Four legs good. Two legs bad."

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