Animal Farm Ch 4 & 5 Vocab Quiz

Humans found the "Beasts of England" song to be contemptible. Contemptible means...

• pleasant, beautiful

• low, worthless

• hilarious

• catchy

If an animal was caught singing "Beasts of England," the farmer would have the animal flogged. Flogged means...

• Slaughtered

• Beaten with a stick

• Sent to the wilderness

• Turned into bacon

The humans suffered an ignominious defeat at the Battle of Cowshed. Ignominious means...

• Shameful

• Quiet

• Peaceful

• Famous

John's impromptu proposal to his girlfriend at dinner caught his friends and family by surprise. Impromptu means...

• without preparing

• special

• extravagant

• thoughtful

Jason could not control his irrepressible anger. Irrepressible here means...

• not able to keep down

• not being responsible

• carefully maintained

• without any planning

In "Animal Farm," Napoleon finds the sheep to be very tractable to his manipulation tactics as they simply repeat whatever he tells them. Tractable means...

• easy to deal with, docile

• intelligent, curious

• skeptical, disbelieving

• inconsiderate

The perpetual stream of homework was causing Kayla to feel like she would never have any free time. Perpetual here means...

• difficult

• occasional

• never-ending

• diverse

Although the animals were upset about the changes Napoleon was making, they could not articulate their thoughts. Articulate means...

• express oneself clearly

• be excited

• design a plan

• work together

Old Major's skull is __________ and set up by the flagstaff.

• burned

• disinterred

• missing

• destroyed

Innovations in technology have changed how people connect and communicate with each other. Innovate means to...

• to create, to change

• to plan

• to explain

• to analyze