Animal Farm Chapter One

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1 Animal Farm Chapter One Name Short Answer 1. Who owns Manor Farm? 2. What problem does he have? 3. Who is Old Major? 4. Why does Old Major assemble the animals? 5. List Old Major s ideals that should occur after the rebellion. 6. What broke up the meeting? 7. What political idea in Russian history does Old Major represent? 8. To what political figure in Russian history does Jones correspond?

2 Chapter Two 1. Who are the three main pigs? 2. The pigs formulate the teachings of Old Major into a system of thought. What is it called? 3. What causes the animals to finally rebel against Mr. Jones and his four farmhands? 4. What two leaders emerge after the rebellion? 5. What is done with the farmhouse? 6. How does the behavior of the pigs foreshadow their eventual leadership positions? 7. What are the Seven Commandments?

3 Chapter Three 1. What further examples of the differences between the pigs and the other animals? 2. What shows that there are already problems in the leadership of the new government? 3. Who among the workers is most admired? Why? 4. Who was taking the milk? 5. Who was sent to explain why the milk was being used by the pigs? 6. Name one of the arguments that he used to explain why the milk was going to the pigs.

4 Chapter Four 1. How did Napoleon and Snowball spread the news of the rebellion to the animals on neighboring farms? 2. Did Pilkington and Frederick offer to help Jones at first? 3. What name was given to the battle in which Jones and his friends tried to retake Animal Farm? 4. Where was Napoleon during the battle? 5. Where did Snowball learn his battle techniques? 6 Why did Snowball give the sound for retreat? 7. Name two human rituals (traditions) that the animals used to celebrate their victory.

5 Chapter Five Short Answer 1. If Mollie were a person, what would she be like? 2. To what does the power struggle between Napoleon and Snowball relate historically? 3. What idea did Snowball have to improve conditions on the farm? 4. At the meeting about the windmill, Snowball begins to win over the animals. What does Napoleon do about this? What happens to Snowball? To what event does this relate historically? 5. Look again at the Seven Commandments. Which one is no longer in effect? 6. What phrase always stopped any arguments from the animals? 7. What two phrases does Boxer use frequently? 9. Who do the fierce dogs symbolize?

6 Chapter Six Short Answer 1. What was ironic about the animals working on the windmill on Sundays? 2. Why was the windmill so hard to build? 3. Why does Napoleon decide to engage in trade with neighboring farms? 4. How do the animals react? 5. How is the windmill destroyed? Why does Napoleon blame Snowball? 6. How is Snowball used as a scapegoat? 7. Which commandment is changed, and how?

7 Chapter Seven Short Answer 1. What was one of the strongest motivations for completing the rebuilding of the windmill? 2. Why did it finally become necessary for the hens to surrender all their eggs? 3. What did the hens do to rebel against this? 4. What else is revealed about Snowball? 5. What do the confessions and executions of the pigs, hens, goose, and sheep symbolize? Which of the Seven Commandments does this violate? 6. What does Boxer think was the cause of the frightening slaughter of fellow animals? What is his solution?

8 Chapter Eight 1. How did the 6 th Commandment change after the executions? 2. Why does Squealer read the increased production figures to the animals? 3. How is Napoleon becoming more like a dictator? 4. How does the sale of lumber represent the relationship between Germany, England and the USSR? 5. What happens in the Battle of the Windmill? 6. Why does Squealer think that Napoleon is dying? 7. Why are the animals so easily fooled even when they find Squealer with a bucket of white paint?

9 Chapter Nine Short Answer 1. What species of animal is increasing in number? 2. Why are only the young pigs being educated, and why are they discouraged from playing with other young animals? 3. How was the president of the new Republic elected? 4. What happens to Boxer? Why is this so tragic? 5. How did the pigs use Boxer s death to get the animals to work harder?

10 Chapter Ten 1. What changes have the years brought to the farm? 2. How does Orwell make fun of bureaucracy? 3. How do the animals now feel about their farm? 4. What drastic actions do the pigs use to shatter the animals complacency? 5. All seven commandments are erased. What is the new commandment and how has it been true from the beginning? 6. At the conference with the neighboring farms, what new changes does Napoleon point out? 7. What happens to the pigs appearance?