Exploring analysis on 'Animal Farm' | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy

What word beginning with 'A' describes a piece of writing that has a hidden meaning, usually a political or moral one?

Answer explanation

'Animal Farm' is an allegory.

Which character from 'Animal Farm' said: "can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ribbons?"

• Napleon

• Old Major

• Snowball

• Squealer

• Benjamin

Answer explanation

Snowball says this to Mollie when she questions whether her luxuries of "sugar" and "ribbons" will be allowed after the rebellion.

Which character from 'Animal Farm' is described as: "not much of a talker, but with a reputation for getting his own way"?

• Napoleon

• Benjamin

• Mr. Jones

• Fredrick

• Moses

Answer explanation

This description of Napoleon hints at what is to come later in the novella.

In 'Animal Farm' the narrator states that a character "seemed quite unchanged since the Rebellion". Who is being described?

• Napoleon

• Moses

• Boxer

• Benjamin

• Mollie

Answer explanation

This reflects Benjamin's apathy and his opinion that life continues to go on "badly".

In 'Animal Farm' which of these are examples of how Napoleon has built a 'cult of personality' on the farm?

• He is given names like "father of all the animals" and "terror of mankind".

• He expels Snowball.

• He has Minimus write hyperbolic poems about him.

• He has a portrait of himself painted on the end of the barn.

• He sells the wood to Frederick at the last moment instead of Pilkington.

Answer explanation

Napoleon, like Stalin, successfully creates a 'cult of personality' on the farm through the curation of his public self.