AF Review 1-6 & Rhetoric

1. What is Animal Farm an allegory for?

• Russian Revolution

• WWI

• WWII

• French Revolution

Who is responsible for the animals rebellion against Jones?

• Napoleon

• Snowball

• Old Major

• Squealer

Who is the strongest on the farm? The one who works the hardest.

Which group of animals are the leaders of the farm? Why?

• The pigs; they are the smartest

• The pigs; they are evil

• The horse; they work the hardest

• Humans; they took over the farm

The two animals who never work hard on the farm are ​ (a)   and ​ (b)  

• Mollie
• the cat
• Boxer
• Pigs
• Dogs
• Squealer
• Jones

Which is an example of how the pigs have taken over the other animals?

• Other animals can’t read/write

• Pigs are the ones who control the debates

• The pigs use confusing language that the animals don’t understand

• The pigs make all the decisions of what happens on the farm

How does Napoleon try and drowned out Snowball during the speeches?

• Has the dogs growl at him

• Cuts him off & talks over him

• Teaching them to bleat "4 legs good, 2 legs bad" during Snowball's speeches.

• He doesn't ever try and drowned him out.

What does Napoleon do with the dogs?

• Gives them to other farmers as a gift

• Kills them

• Teaches them to read and write

• "Educates" them to follow his orders

Match the following character to their allegorical representation

• Propaganda

• Squealer

• Czar Nicholas

• Dogs

• Stalin

• Napoleon

• KGB/Secret Police

• Snowball

• Trotsky

• Jones

From the examples of how Squealer persuades the other animals throughout the story, decide which rhetorical device is being used.

Groups:

(a) Ethos

,

(b) Logos

,

(c) Pathos

• Changes the commandments

• Jones will return.

• Alters history/convinces the animals that what they believe to be true in the past is wrong

• Explaining how Napoleon sacrifices for the farm by being the leader.

• It is "proven by science" that the pigs need the milk and apples.

• The birds wings are considered legs.