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Chapters 1-3 & Propaganda Techniques

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_________ was the oldest animal on the farm, and the worst tempered. He seldom talked, and when he did, it was usually to make some cynical remark.

a)

Snowball

b)

Boxer

c)

Benjamin

d)

Squealer

2.

Who is it? " A white stripe down his nose gave him a somewhat stupid appearance, and in fact he was not of first-rate intelligence, but he was universally respected for his steadiness of character and tremendous powers of work."

a)

Squealer

b)

Napoleon

c)

Snowball

d)

Boxer

3.

Who is it? "At the last moment __________, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones’s trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar."

a)

Mollie

b)

Bluebell

c)

Clover

d)

Jessie

4.

Who is it? "__________ was a stout motherly mare approaching middle life, who had never quite got her figure back after her fourth foal.

a)

Jessie

b)

Clover

c)

Bluebell

d)

Mollie

5.

What propaganda type is being used" "...the very instant that our usefulness has come to an end we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty."

a)

Loaded words

b)

Name calling

c)

Bandwagon

d)

Plain folk

6.

What propaganda technique? "I have had a long life... and I think I may say that I understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living."

a)

Name calling

b)

Loaded words

c)

Bandwagon

d)

Testimonial

7.

What propaganda types are being employed? "No animal in

England is free. The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth."

a)

Loaded words / Glittering generalities

b)

Name calling / Loaded words

c)

Plain folk / Bandwagon

d)

Testimonial / Name calling

8.

What propaganda technique is being used? "It is summed up in a single word — Man. Man is the only real enemy we have."

a)

Testimonial

b)

Plain folk

c)

Bandwagon

d)

Name calling

9.

What propaganda technique is being used? "Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever."

a)

Glittering generalities

b)

Plain folk

c)

Name calling

d)

Testimonial

10.

What propaganda technique is being used? "And what has happened to that milk which should have been breeding

up sturdy calves? Every drop of it has gone down the throats of our enemies."

a)

Name calling

b)

Glittering generalities

c)

Plain folk

d)

Testimonial

11.

What propaganda technique is being used?

"You young porkers who are sitting in front of me, every one of you will scream your lives out at the block within a year. To that horror we all must come — cows, pigs, hens, sheep, everyone."

a)

Name calling

b)

Loaded words

c)

Testimonial

d)

Glittering generalities

12.

What propaganda technique is being used?

"Only get rid of Man, and the produce of our labour would be our own. Almost overnight we could become rich and free."

a)

Glittering generalities

b)

Name calling

c)

Testimonial

d)

Loaded words

13.

Which one of the following propaganda techniques would NOT be a consideration for the following statement?

"All men are enemies. All animals are comrades.”

a)

Glittering generalities

b)

Testimonial

c)

Name calling

d)

They are all possibilities

14.

During the meeting Old Major asks, "Are rats comrades?"

What is the result of the vote?

a)

Rats are wild animals and therefore not relevant.

b)

Rats are voted as NOT comrades.

c)

Rats are seen as comrades.

d)

Rats are the natural enemy of all.

15.

What propaganda techniques? Choose all that apply.

"Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend."

a)

Name calling

b)

Glittering generalities

c)

Loaded words

d)

Testimonial

16.

What propaganda technique is being used? Choose all that apply.

"All the habits of Man are evil."

a)

Loaded words

b)

Testimonial

c)

Glittering generalities

d)

Plain folk

17.

What is the name of the song of the rebellion that Old Major sings?

a)

Beasts of All

b)

Beasts of England

c)

Beasts of Britain

d)

Beasts of Mankind

18.

What propaganda technique is being used in the following lines from the song? Check all that apply.

"Soon or late the day is coming, Tyrant Man shall be o’erthrown..."

a)

Name calling

b)

Loaded words

c)

Testimonial

d)

Plain folk

19.

What propaganda technique is being used in the following line from the song? Check all that apply.

"Cows and horses, geese and turkeys, All must toil for freedom’s sake."

a)

Loaded words

b)

Testimonial

c)

Name calling

d)

Plain folk

20.

What propaganda technique is being used in the following line from the song?

"Rings shall vanish from our noses, And the harness from our back, Bit and spur shall rust forever, Cruel whips no more shall crack."

a)

Loaded words

b)

Testimonial

c)

Name calling

d)

Plain folk

21.

Ch. 2: Who is it? "__________ was a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar, the only Berkshire on the farm, not much of a talker, but with a reputation for getting his own way."

a)

Squealer

b)

Snowball

c)

Napoleon

d)

Boxer

22.

Ch. 2: Who is it? "__________ was a more vivacious pig ... quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character."

a)

Mollie

b)

Squealer

c)

Napoleon

d)

Snowball

23.

Ch. 2: Who is it? "He was a brilliant talker, and when he was arguing some difficult point he had a way of skipping from side to side and whisking his tail which was somehow very persuasive."

a)

Squealer

b)

Old Major

c)

Napoleon

d)

Snowball

24.

Ch. 2: "...the pigs had succeeded in reducing the principles of Animalism to __________ Commandments. These Commandments would now be inscribed on the wall; they would form an unalterable law by which all the animals on Animal Farm must live for ever after."

a)

seven

b)

six

c)

eight

d)

ten

25.

Ch. 2: Who is it? "His answer to every problem, every setback, was 'I will work harder!'— which he had adopted as his personal motto."

a)

Snowball

b)

Boxer

c)

Benjamin

d)

Napoleon

26.

Ch. 2: Who is it? "He did his work in the same slow obstinate way as he had done it in Jones’s time, never shirking and never volunteering for extra work either."

a)

Napoleon

b)

Moses

c)

Squealer

d)

Benjamin

27.

Ch. 2: What can be inferred about what happens to the milk at the end of chapter 2?

a)

The pigs take it for themselves.

b)

It will be included in the animals food.

c)

It will be dumped out rather than consumed.

d)

The cows will give it to their calves.

28.

Ch. 2: "'Comrade,' said Snowball, 'those ________ that you are so devoted to are the badge of slavery. Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ________.'"

a)

blankets

b)

ribbons

c)

sugar cubes

d)

harnesses

29.

Ch. 2: Who is it? Mr. Jones' especial pet who "claimed to know the existence of a mysterious country called Sugarcandy Mountain."

a)

Clover

b)

Boxer

c)

Mollie

d)

Moses

30.

Ch. 3: "He [Napoleon] took them up into a loft which could only be reached by a ladder from the harness-room, and there kept them in such seclusion that the rest of the farm soon forgot their existence." To whom is being referred?

a)

baby lambs

b)

9 puppies

c)

baby chicks

d)

9 rats

31.

Ch. 3: “A bird’s wing, comrades,” he said, “is an organ of propulsion and not of manipulation. It should therefore be regarded as a leg. The distinguishing mark of man is the __________, the instrument with which he does all his mischief.”

a)

mouth

b)

foot

c)

brain

d)

hand

32.

Ch. 3: Who is it? "... in the evenings, they studied blacksmithing, carpentering, and other necessary arts from books which they had brought out of the farmhouse. __________ also busied himself with organizing the other animals into what he called Animal Committees."

a)

Snowball

b)

Squealer

c)

Napoleon

d)

Benjamin

33.

Ch. 3: Who is it? "His answer to every problem, every setback, was 'I will work harder!'— which he had adopted as his personal motto."

a)

Napoleon

b)

Benjamin

c)

Snowball

d)

Boxer

34.

Ch.3: Who is it? "He did his work in the same slow obstinate way as he had done it in Jones’s time, never shirking and never volunteering for extra work either."

a)

Benjamin

b)

Squealer

c)

Moses

d)

Napoleon