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Animal Farm Study Guide

Chapter 1: 1- Why are the animals directed to meet? They meet because Old Major has had a dream and wants everybody to hear is conclusion on animal life 2- What type of animal is Old Major and how old is he? Hes a twelve year old pig 3- What political philosophies are revealed by Old Majors dream? The dream reveals that man is animals true enemy because of the suffering and labor they undergo for man 4- What rules does Old Major want to establish when the animals have conquered the world? He wants to establish rules decreeing that no animal shall live like man 5- What kind of person is Mr. Jones? Why dont the animals like living on his farm? Mr. Jones is a cruel master to his farm animals, they hate living there because he underfeeds them, beats them, and kills them once theyve past their usefulness.

Chapter 2: 1- Describe Napoleon and Snowball. How are they similar? How are they different? Napoleon and Snowball are both boars on the farm, both charismatic and with leadership qualities; Napoleon is a Berkshire boar and is not much of a talker, but large and fierce looking. Snowball is more vivacious, quicker in speech, and more inventive than Napoleon 2- What are the basic principles of Animalism? How do the animals respond? Animalism essentially says that humans are enemies to all animals and that no animal shall live like a human. All animals nodded in complete agreement. 3- What is Sugarcandy Mountain? Sugarcandy mountain is a place made up by Moses the raven to try and convince the animals to remain loyal to Mr. Jones 4- What incident(s) incite the rebellion? Mr Jones had taken to heavy drinking and his men ignored their duty to feed the animals; after two days of no food the animals crash in and feast. 5- What new skill do the pigs teach themselves? What is the result of their newly acquired skill? The pigs learn to read and write, which gives them some authority over the other animals since the pigs wrote down the commandments. 6- Identify the seven commandments. Why are they established? 1: Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. 2: Whatever goes upon four legs or has wings is a friend. 3: No animal shall wear

clothes. 4: No animal shall sleep in a bed. 5: No animal shall drink alcohol. 6: No animal shall kill another animal. 7: All animals are equal. They are established so that the animals never become as bad as humans.

Chapter 3: 1- Why are the animals happier than theyve ever been? Theyre so happy because now they are free and the food of the harvest is theirs alone. 2- Describe Old Benjamin. What is the significance of his cryptic comments? Old Benjamin is an old, world-weary donkey; the significance of his comments shows that some people dont care whos in charge, as long as they get to keep living their own lives. 3- Which animals are the best educated? To what degree are the other animals educated? The pigs are the most learned, but the dogs, Muriel, Old Benjamin are close to their level; the horses know some few letters, and no other animal can even memorize the commandments 4-What are Napoleons feelings towards education? Whom does Napoleon educated privately? The education of the young was more important than anything that could be done for those who were already grown up. He takes from Jessie and Blueball their newborns to privately educate. 5- What is Squealers explanation of why pigs must be given special food? How do the other animals react? His explanation is that the special food helps the brain power of the pigs, and they need more brain power to keep Jones away; the other animals accept this as fact and do not begrudge the pigs the food.

Chapter 4: 1- How do the humans from the other farms feel about the rebellion and Animal Farm? Theyre worried because it might inspire their animals to rebel, so they joke about the rebellion and demean it. 2-Who does Snowball study in order to learn about mans military strategy? How does this affect his plans? Snowball studies Caesar and creates a counter strategy to the attack on the farm. 3- What kind of leader does Snowball turn out to be? Snowball turns out to be a military leader, a leader through action, Snowball flung his fifteen stone against Joness legs. 4- How do the animals celebrate their victory in the battle of the Cowshed? They celebrate by singing, hoisting their flag, having a funeral and speech, as well as a military-award-ceremony. Chapter 5: 1- What happens to Mollie? Mollie starts to avoid being with the other animals and working to stare at herself; its discovered she talks with humans, and eventually she leaves to become a showhorse. 2- Compare Snowballs and Napoleons techniques for gathering support. Snowball gives eloquent and persuasive speeches at meetings, while Napoleon says little. Between meetings, however, Napoleon convinces the others to his side through propaganda.

3- How do Napoloen and Snowball differ in their ideas of defense of the farm? Napoleon wants to defend the farm through military means but Snowball believes that if they can get all the farms to rebel and kick out the humans then theres no need for defense. 4- What happens to Snowball the night he announces his plans for the windmill? Napoleon has his trained dogs run Snowball off the farm in the middle of a speech. 5- What does Napoleon take away from the animals? How do the animals respond to this? Napoleon abolishes the holding of debates and the Sunday morning meetings; all the animals were dismayed and troubled, even some pigs. 6- What does Squealer threaten may happen if the pigs arent given leadership? Squealer tells the animals that Jones will come back 7- What mottos does Boxer adopt? I will work harder, and Napoleon is always right. 8- How does Squealer justify Napoleons decision to build the windmill? He explains that it was Napoleons idea from the start and that Napoleon had to oppose it to get rid of Snowball.

Chapter 6: 1- What problems do the animals run into in building the windmill? How are the problems solved? One problem is that the boulders are too big to use, so they drop the boulders off the edge of the quarry cliff to break it down into workable sizes. 2- Why does it become necessary to trade with humans? So the animals may acquire money to purchase the needed items for the windmill. 3- What happens when an animal begins to express doubt or concern with Napoleons decisions? Why is this important? When an animal has a doubt, Squealer will somehow overhear, and later one of the commandments will suddenly change to allow what Napoleon wants. 4- How does Squealer justify Napoleons decision to trade with humans? He justifies it by saying that no real rule was created forbidding trade and use of money, and that the animals probably dreamed that such a rule was made. 5- To where do the pigs move? How are these new arrangements justified? They move into the farmhouse, saying they need the quiet to work better. 6- What is your reaction to the little modifications taking place in the Animal Farm policy, especially where the pigs are concerned? What do you predict will happen as a result of these changes? I feel that if the favoritism to the pigs continues, it will become a ruling class of pigs with all the other animals having no benefits, living like how it was with Jones. 7- How does Napoleon react to the destruction of the windmill? Whom does he blame? Why do you think he does this? He goes into a silent rage for a while, then blames it on Snowball, to try and take the blame off his own faulty designs.

Chapter 7: 1- How does Napoleon try to hide the poor conditions of Animal Farm? He has the animals talk about how happy they are and fills feed buckets with sand to trick Mr. Whymper.

2- Why does Napoleon order that the hens eggs be sold? What happens when the hens rebel? The eggs must be sold to pay for food for the animals; Napoleon stops feeding the hens to get them to agree. 4- Why do the animals confess to being traitors? How do the animals react to the executions? They confess to working for/with Snowball; all the surviving animals are shocked, shaken, and miserable. 5- Why does Napoleon order the animals to stop singing Beasts of England? How does he justify this change? Napoleon says the song is no longer needed as the Rebellion is completed, but really its to prevent the animals from realizing that Napoleon is as bad a tyrant as the humans were

Chapter 8: 1- How have the Commandments been changing throughout the novel? Who do you think is responsible? Why do you think the animals doubt their memories? The commandments have been getting altered to allow certain habits of the pigs. The pigs, namely Squealer, are to blame, and they trick the others into the believing them. The animals doubt their memories because few of them can read, and Napoleon is always right. 2- Why does Squealer read the figures to the animals? What purpose is he trying to serve? He reads the figures to show that the animals have far more food than when with Jones; hes trying to convince the animals that they actually have it good. 3- What names are given to Napoleon? Whats your reaction to these titles? Father of all animals, Terror of Mankind, Protector of the Sheepfold, Ducklings Friend. My reaction is that its all bull; hes anything but what any of these titles suggest. 4- How do the pigs continually strip Snowball of his honor? What is the purpose of this degradation? They blame everything on Snowball and revoke his military awards in an attempt to convince the animals that hes not worth allying with. 5- Describe the scandal surrounding the sale of the wood pile. Napoleon goes back and forth on who to sell it to, insulting each; he finally sells to Frederick for just enough to buy the last pieces needed for the windmill, but the banknotes were forgeries. 6- How is the battle against Fredericks men different than the Battle of the Cowshed? There a far more men, more of them armed; more animals die, and the humans are the real victors. 7- Why do you think Napoleon proclaims the drinking of alcohol punishable by death? What happened the night before? He forbids alcohol so that the pigs may have it all to themselves; the night before he had gotten thoroughly wasted. 8- How does another commandment change at the end of this chapter? The commandment of No animal shall drink alcohol, becomes, No animal shall drink alcohol to excess. This justifies the pigs drinking

Chapter 9: 1- Why are the animals so easily fooled, even when they find Squealer with a ladder and a bucket of paint? Theyre tricked so easily because they have complete faith in the pigs, as the pigs are the true brains of the farm.

2- How has the animals quality of life changed? Their quality of life has actually degraded since Jones was ran off, now they eat less and work longer. 3- What is Boxer looking forward to at the end of summer next year? Hes looking forward to his birthday so he can finally retire, after all his hard work. 4- What celebrations are happening, despite the animals hardships? Spontaneous demonstrations are held to remind the animals that they were truly their own masters and that the work they did was for their own benefit. 5- To where does Squealer say Boxer will be sent? To where is he actually sent? Squealer says Boxers going to a veterinary surgeon, but really hes headed to the knacker. 6- How does Squealer claim Boxer spent his last hours? He spent his last hours in bed with Squealer beside him, and that he told Squealer his only wish was that he couldve seen the windmill finished.

Chapter 10: 1- How has the farm changed over the years? There are far more pigs and dogs, almost no one remembers the Rebellion because the majority of the participants have died, and the windmill is finally finished. 2- What final commandment do the animals still hold onto with faith? All animals are equal. 3- What does Clover see in the yard? Why is this shocking to the animals? How is this new skill supported the sheep? She sees the pigs walking on 2 legs, this is a shock because their motto was always Four legs good, two legs bad! Now the sheep chant Four legs good, two legs better! 4- What is the single commandment? What does the word equal really mean in this context? All animals are equal/ But some animals are more equal than others. The word equal really means something along the lines of privileged or entitled in this case. 5- For what does Pilkington praise the pigs? He praises the pigs for their increased production at minimal expense; as in making the animals work harder and longer for less. 6- What causes the animals to run back to the window? An uproar of voices, as everyone inside quarreled because both Napoleon and Pilkington played an Ace of Spades 7- What do the animals see when they look in the farmhouse window? What is the significance of this sighting? The animals cant differentiate between pig and man; that means that the pigs have become as bad as man, that Animalism has failed.