Animal Farm Review

Animal Farm is an allegory in that it...

• Has a surface level meaning and a 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 (Bolshevik) Revolution

• The American Revolution

• World War I

• The War of the Worlds

Orwell uses Animal Farm to...

• comment on historical events

• satirize human behavior

• warn readers about the nature of power

• All of the these

According to Old Major, what is the cause of the animals' problems?

• The animals' own apathy

• The humans

• A lack of political power

• Environmental damage by the farmers

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

Why do the pigs assume leadership on Animal Farm?

• They are the bossiest animals

• They are the most intelligent animals

• Old Major was a pig, so it was expected

• They were voted into power

Once the animals have chased the humans off the farm, what is the first thing they do?

• They destroy the farmhouse.

• They set up a flagpole and shrine to Old Major.

• They destroy the equipment used to enslave them.

• They move out of the barn.

“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 animals 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

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”