Animal Farm chapter 1

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Animal Farm: 

by 

George Orwell 

Animal farm is an allegory: 

It is a story in which the events and characters stand for something besides themselves. 

Why is Animal farm an allegory? 

Animal Farm represents the Russian Revolution of 1917. Old Major represents Karl Marx, Snowball represents Leon Trotsky, Napoleon represents Josef Stalin, Squealer represents propaganda, and Boxer is a representation for all the Russian laborers and workers....

Grigori Rasputin

He is best known for having befriended the imperial family of Nicholas II

Assasinated in 1916

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher, political theorist, economist, historian, , and revolutionary socialist.

Died in 1883

The last reigning Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland

Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov

Executed in 1918

Joseph Stalin

Died in 1953

Dictator, who killed all who opposed him. Loved power.

Leon Trotsky

led the opposition against Joseph Stalin

Assasinated in 1940

Info:

- Test will be on wednesday 30th October

- Next class  (Wednesday) Grammar lesson! Bring your workbooks, no reading
- Thursday will be a reading class (no workbooks!)

    Summary Ch 1-3

Who gives a speech to the animals?

What is Old Major's message to the animals?

What's the name of the song about an animal utopia that Old Major teaches the animals?

Who are the smartest animals?

What event triggered the animals' rebellion?

What do the pigs paint on the side of the barn?

What does Mollie want to do?

What story does Moses spread?

What is Boxer's motto?

How and why does Snowball simplify the ideas of Animalism?

What reason does Squealer give for the pigs taking all the apples and milk?

chapters 4 - 6 summary

Who has taught animals on other farms to sing Beast of England?

Where does Snowball learn strategies of warfare?

Who dies in the Battle of the Cowshed?

1. Mr Jones
2. Mr Pilkington
3. Mr Frederick
4. only one sheep

Who received medals with the inscription “Animal Hero, First Class”?

What does Snowball want the animals to build? Why?

How does voting about the windmill project end?

What's Boxer's new maxim?

How does Squealer explain Snowball's absence?

1. Mr. Jones kidnapped him
2. He had to go lead another rebellions
3. Napoleon is hiding him somewhere
4. He was a traitor and a criminal

Why is it so hard for the animals to build the windmill?

1. Boxer is injured and he was the strongest
2. There's a saboteur who keeps knocking it down
3. They can only break stone by pulling it up a hill and dropping it
4. They don't know how to do it now that Snowball is gone

How does Napoleon explain the storm that knocks down the windmill?

What does Squealer tell the animals about Snowball?

1. He is living at Mr. Jones's
2. He was a true hero, and he is sorry he has died.
3. He is not as smart or handsome as Napoleon
4. His windmill design was inferior

The Book Test (weging 3) 

10 open questions in English (containing sub questions; check the points you can receive) 

Answer in English (dictionary NE-EN; grammar and spelling not assessed).

Write down the whole sentences. 

Don’t copy the sentences from the book. 

YOU CAN USE THE BOOK DURING TEST. Don’t forget to bring it! 

The type of questions: 

Plot questions (What happened in the story?) 

Interpretation question (explain, give examples...) 

Characteristics of the protagonists (compare and contrast) 

Explain the quote (What did they mean by that? )

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Animal farm is an allegory:

It is a story in which the events and characters stand for something besides themselves.  

What do these characters represent? 

1 Jones

2 Snowball

3 Moses

4 Old Major

5 Boxer

6 Dogs

7 Muriel

8 Mollie

9 Frederick

10 Squeler

11 Pilkington

12 Benjamin

A propaganda

B older generation

C KGB

D Czar Nicholas II

E allied forces

F Hitler

G Trotsky

H Marx

I religion 

J aristocracy

K educated people 

L working masses

Correct answers: 

1D 2G 3I 4H 5L 6C 7K 8J 9F 10A 11E 12B

What happens to the animals that confess to being in league with Snowball?

What do Mr. Frederick and a group of men do?

1. Offer to work with the animals
2. Blow up the windmill
3. Burn down the barn and farmhouse
4. Bring in the police to help them slaughter the animals

Who runs against Napoleon in the election for a new president?

1. Snowball
2. No one
3. Squealer
4. The raven

Where do the pigs send Boxer when he collapses?

What's the revised version of the single remaining commandment?