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Animal Farm Chapters 1-3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Showing kindness or goodwill

(a)  

2.

Settled in comfortable or securely

(a)  

3.

Saying, proverb

(a)  

4.

Stubborn, unwilling to change

(a)  

5.

His motto is "I will work harder."

(a)  

6.

Animal leader who speds time organizing committees

(a)  

7.

Wears ribbons and avoids work

(a)  

8.

Encourages belief in "Sugarcandy Mountain"

(a)  

9.

Inspires the Rebellion before his death

(a)  

10.

Owner of Manor Farm

(a)  

11.

Takes the puppies so he can educate them

(a)  

12.

What system of thought do the pigs create from Old Major's teachings?

a)

Pigmism

b)

Animalism

c)

Rebellionism

d)

Farmism

13.

What is the seventh and most important commandment?

a)

No animal shall wear clothes

b)

No animal shall drink alcohol

c)

No animal shall sleep in a bed

d)

All animals are created equal

14.

In Old Major's speech, he repeatedly refers to his fellow animals as "comrades." What is the denotation vs. connotation of this term?

a)

Denotation: friend or companion; Connotation: connected to Communism and/or the Soviet Union

b)

Denotation: a Communist sympathizer; Connotation: friendly for political gain

c)

Denotation: an accomplished speaker; Connotation: connected to Russian Revolution

d)

Denotation: a corageous, heroic individual; Connotation: bravery shown for political purposes

15.

What inference can be made about what happens to the milk at the end of Chapter 2?

a)

The cows are keeping their milk so they can manipulate the other animals.

b)

The horses are hoarding the milk so they can push themselves to work harder.

c)

The pigs have taken the milk for themselves.

d)

Mr. Jones has come back to the farm and taken the milk without the animals' knowledge.

16.

What propaganda technique does Squealer use in the following line from Chapter 3:

"Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back! Yes, Jones would come back!"

a)

Card-stacking

b)

Fear/Scare Tactics

c)

Common Enemy

d)

Glittering Generalities

17.

To what saying does Snowball reduce the Seven Commandments?

a)

"All animals are equal."

b)

"Whatever goes upon four legs or has wings is a friend."

c)

"No animal shall kill any other animal."

d)

"Four legs good, two legs bad."

18.

Which propaganda technique is used in the following passage from Old Major's speech:

"There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word: Man."

a)

Common Enemy/Scapegoat

b)

Glittering Generalities

c)

Name-calling

d)

Card-stacking

19.

Which propaganda technique is used in the following passage from Old Major's speech:

"Boxer, the very day that those great muscles of your lose their power, Jones will sell you to the knacker, who will cut your throat and boil you down for the foxhounds."

a)

Name-calling

b)

Card-stacking

c)

Fear/Scare Tactics

d)

Bandwagon

20.

Which of the following words or phrases from Old Major's speech uses the glittering generalities technique?

a)

"rich and free," "justice will be done," "until it's victorious"

b)

"strange dream," "many months longer," "only creature"

c)

"consumes without producing," "stolen from us," "root cause of hunger"

d)

"slaughtered," "hideous cruelty," "misery and slavery"