Animal Farm Chapters 1-3 Review

Animal Farm was written by

• Aldous Huxley

• Rod Serlong

• Ray Bradbury

• George Orwell

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The author's purpose for writing Animal Farm was

• to reveal the irony and unsustainability of Soviet communism.

• to support the basic principles of communism.

• make readers aware of the possibility of a revolution in his home country.

• to show how a monarchy is superior to communism.

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What is the setting of Animal Farm?

• rural England

• rural Russia

• the Soviet Union

• Postwar America

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How does the author classify the novel?

• a folk story

• a parable

• a fairy tale

• a tragedy

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Which of the following is the correct definition of an allegory?

• a humorous or horrific story or piece of information circulated as though true, especially one claiming to involve someone vaguely related or known to the teller

• a children's story about magical and imaginary beings and lands

• a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but can't be proven as such

• a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one

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Which of the following correctly describes Karl Marx as a historical figure?

• a political leader who gained the approval of the Czar to organize a revolution

• a member of the imperial court who believed that equality in society was impossible to achieve

• a philosopher who disapproved of capitalism and supported the rise of the working class

• a military leader who called on Russia's Imperial troops to overthrow the Czar

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What does the word "proletariat" refer to?

• the upper middle class

• the laboring class

• the aristocracy

• the educated elite

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What does the word "bourgeoisie" refer to?

• the upper middle class

• the laboring class

• the aristocracy

• the educated elite

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Which of the following is the correct definition of "capitalism?"

• a government ruled by a dictator who controls the lives of the people and in which people are not allowed to disagree with the government.

• an economic system in which goods and services are traded for other goods and services without exchanging any form of money

• a political theory supporting class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

• an economic system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

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Which of the following is the correct definition of "communism?"

• a government ruled by a dictator who controls the lives of the people and in which people are not allowed to disagree with the government.

• an economic system in which goods and services are traded for other goods and services without exchanging any form of money

• a political theory supporting class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

• an economic system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

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