WorksheetsAnimal Farm Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 30mins
Animal Farm is an allegory in that it
Has a surface level meaning and deeper level meaning represented by symbols
Is a story about an imaginary revolution by animals
Was written as a satire
Involves animals
Animal Farm is an allegorical satire on:
The Russian Revolution
The American Revolution
World War I
The War of the Worlds
Orwell’s cynical attitude and tone toward the events and characters in the story is closest of that to that of___________. In other words, if Orwell were a character in his own book, which character would he be?
Boxer because he works hard to reveal the truth
Snowball because he is a good persuasive talker
Napoleon because he believes that dictatorship is the ideal form of government
Benjamin because he focuses on the negatives aspects of a failed revolution without providing solutions
If you wanted to prove that Mr. Jones is a tyrannical and cruel leader, which piece of evidence would be the strongest support for this character trait?
“Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes”
“Let us face it: [under Mr. Jones] our lives are miserable, laborious, and short. We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep breath in our bodies, and [we] are forced to work to the last atom of our strength…[then] we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty”
[Mr. Jones] is the only creature that consumes without producing.
“The rest [of the eggs and milk] have gone to market to bring in money for Jones and his men”
Old Major symbolizes…
The adherence to the law of dominance by man
The old and wise animals of the farm
The philosophical vision of the revolution
The dream that is impossible to accomplish
Old Major is like Karl Marx in that he
Leads a revolution
Expresses radical thoughts that could never really happen
Has a dream that everyone can live in peace and harmony
Has a dream of equality for classes that is later used to form a revolution
“Rings shall vanish from our noses/And the harness from our back/Bit and spur shall rust forever/Cruel whips no more shall crack” This stanza from “Beast of England” does all of the following EXCEPT …
Reminds the animal of their humiliation
Serves as symbols of slavery and oppression
Gives imagery of freedom from man
Foreshadows how difficult it will be to rebel against man
Why did the work of organizing and teaching about the rebellion fall naturally with the pigs?
They were bossy
They were clever
They were fat
They were intimidating
The theory of Animalism is like true Communism in that
Communists behave more like animals than humans
There is no distinct class system, so everyone is equal and works to his or her capacity
There is no government and no leaders
Communists own private businesses just as each animal produces individual products
The name change of “Manor Farm” to “Animal Farm” most likely represents
Russia changing its name to Soviet Union
Russians revolting against Tsar Nicholas II
The Soviet Union becoming a dictatorship
Russia making allies with Germany
Most of The Seven Commandments best represent:
The new religion and rules of God that the animals will follow
The belief that animals are stronger and better than humans
The rejection of human status symbols and vices
The new constitution that is protected against changes
Old Major’s dream eventually encourages the animals to…
Toil patiently
Revolt against the humans
Fight to enslave humans
Memorize “The Beasts of England”
"Comrades!" he cried. "You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. Milk and apples (this has been proved by Science, comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back! Yes, Jones would come back! Surely, comrades," cried Squealer almost pleadingly, skipping from side to side and whisking his tail, "surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?"
Squealer is able to convince the animals that the pigs deserve the milk and animals by…
A combination of fabricated statistics and fear tactics
A combination of sweet-talking and trickery
A combination of fabricated statistics and guilt
A combination of sweet-talking and guilt
The revolution of the animals on Animal Farm has what effect on the rest of the animals throughout the country?
It inspires the other animals to try to revolt against humans
No effect. The other animals keep on living as they have always lived.
The other animals become more afraid of humans and what further controls they will place on them
The other animals have their own revolution and take over their own farms
“Nevertheless, [Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Frederick] were both thoroughly frightened by the rebellion on Animal Farm, and very anxious to prevent their own animals from learning too much about it.”
The secret service
The allies of The Soviet Union
The Red Scare
The conspiracy to assassinate Stalin
What leads to the Battle of the Cowshed?
The farmers’ fear of more animal rebellions
The farmers’ fear of starvation
The farmers’ knowledge of secret conspiracies
The farmers’ knowledge of how much money they could make from Jones’ farm
For Benjamin, the “unalterable law of life” involves all of the following EXCEPT…
Hunger and hardship
Unfairness and injustice
Hard work and hard times
Happiness and health
Mollie’s character and eventual actions most likely represent
Superficial citizens who preferred life before the rebellion
Dedicated citizens who worked hard for their country
Superficial citizens who complained about the new government but still did their part
Dedicated citizens who eventually felt manipulated by their own government
After Old Major’s death, Napoleon establishes himself as a leader partly through cultivating a reputation as
A vivacious pig who is liked by everyone
An effective bully who sees himself as a boss
A brilliant thinker who sways others with logical arguments
A dazzling speaker who can have the animals hang on his every word
Napoleon’s dogs symbolize and are analogous to all of the following (select ALL that apply)
Control via violence
KGB (Secret Police)
Brainwashing Youth
Protectors of Freedom
As soon as Napoleon takes over, what is the first change that he makes on the farm?
He gives everyone equal voting rights on the resolutions he sets forth
He gives everyone equal rations of milk and apples
He takes away Sunday-morning Meetings and debates
He takes away retirement pensions
Napoleon makes his first change to the farm after taking over because…
He would be happy to let the animals make their own decisions, but sometimes they make the wrong decisions
He wants them to have more of an equal vote on the farm
He wants the animals to work until death
He wants everyone fed well so that they will do more work
Initially, what do the pigs use to persuade the other animals after Napoleon takes over?
Fear tactics with the dogs and warnings that Jones might come back
Promises of a better life
Gifts of extra milk and apples
Fear tactics with the dogs and warnings that Snowball might come back
The pigs sleeping in beds is a sign of their
Self-sacrifice
Growing corruption
Deserving rewards for intelligence
Increasing need for rest
Blaming the destruction of the windmill on Snowball is a way to
Show the animals the truth
Create a common enemy in which they can rally and unite against
Show the animals that they can’t fight against nature
Create a motive to rebuild the windmill so that they can better fight against Snowball in the future
Napoleon is like Stalin in that he…
Has all the power from the beginning of the revolution
Is overweight and unhealthy
Gains power through propaganda and the blind trust of the people
Gets his way because he is of royal lineage
Hiding the food shortage from the outside world best satirizes…
The rage of lies that were told by Napoleon and Stalin
The manner in which a dictatorship can hide internal crises
The inability of the animals (general human population) to rule themselves
The impact of the loss that Snowball and Trotsky had on the farm and Soviet Union
What is the real reason “Beast of England” is replaced?
The rebellion is finished, so the song isn’t needed any more
The rebellion will never happen, so they don’t want to get saddened by the song
The rebellion didn’t end up the way they had envisioned, Squealer and Napoleon don’t want the animals reminded of their original goal
The song is too depressing, so Squealer wants to replace it with a more up-beat tune
“If she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago…”
She can’t find the words to express her happiness adequately
She doesn’t have freedom of speech under Napoleon and is afraid of execution
She needs to do some research to see if they are indeed better off than in Jones’ day
She is stupid and can’t think of words to say
The pigs are able to break the Commandments without a general outcry from the rest of the animals in all of the following ways EXCEPT
Squealer’s propaganda
Ignorance and blind trust
Not having the ability to be educated enough to read
Not questioning
The passage that most reveals that Frederick represents Hitler is
“The animals distrusted Pilkington, but greatly preferred him to Frederick”
“The both feared and hated [Frederick]”
“Frederick, it was said, intended to bring against them twenty men all armed with guns, and he had already bribed the…police”
“Terrible stories were leaking out…about the cruelties that Frederick practiced upon his animals. He had flogged an old horse to death, he starved his cows, he had killed a dog by throwing it into the furnace…”
The bad check from Frederick most likely represents
The complicated tactics of forming and trusting allies during WWII
The complicated strategies Stalin used to trick Hitler
The complicated plans that England set into place during WWII
The complicated schemes that America set into place during WWII
The animals admire Boxer for his…
Hard work
Brains
Good looks
Outgoingness
Napoleon being the sole candidate for president illustrates the theme of…
The end of dictatorship
The beginning of a true republic
The illusion of democracy
The ideal form of government
If you wanted to best prove that Boxer being sent to the knackers is reverting to the conditions on the farm when Jones was in charge, which evidence would you use?
“Our lives are miserable, laborious, and short. We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep breath in our bodies…and the very instant that our usefulness has come to an end we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty”
“No animal in England knows the meaning of happiness or leisure after he is a year old”
“The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth”
“Because nearly the whole of the produce of our labour is stolen from us by human beings”
“They were fine…willing workers and good comrades, but very stupid. None of them proved able to learn the alphabet beyond the letter B. They accepted everything that they were told about the Rebellion and the principles of Animalism…”
Who is Orwell really criticizing here?
Humans who aren’t intelligent enough to vote
Humans who blindly trust the government
Animals who blindly trust the government
Napoleon and Squealer’s manipulation of the animals
At the pigs’ party, the humans compare the lower, less intelligent animals to…
The government
The lower classes
Their own animals
The upper classes
Why is cheating at cards the final act that makes humans and pigs indistinguishable?
It shows that the pigs are now masters at human forms of corruption
It signifies that pigs and people can’t get along
It shows that cheating is a universal act that everyone does
It signifies that no government can be trusted
Napoleon changes the name of Animal Farm to The Manor Farm to symbolize…
The end of human control over the animals
The equality of all animals and humans
The complete return to corrupt human values and vices
Napoleon has sold the farm back to Mr. Jones
The closing line of Animal Farm means that the animals have
At last reached an agreement with their former masters
Lost the ability to discern who is a friend and who is a foe by trading one tyrant for another
Exchanged ineffective tyrant for far more effective leaders
Realized the honesty in Napoleon and the dishonesty in the humans
