Animal Farm Study Guide

Jordan LukatMosley 4th Period

Animal Farm Study Guide

Anticipation Guide: Before Reading After Reading

1. All people are created equal. __2__ __4__

2. Usually the best and brightest people are leaders. __4__ __4__

3. Society would improve if everyone earned equallyAnd wealth was distributed evenly. __6__ __6__

4. We should tax those who earn more according to their ability, and distribute wealth evenly to othersaccording to their needs. __6__ __6__

5. Talented, intelligent, ambitious people are themost qualified leaders because they know the best what people need. __4__ __5__

6. Those who are less intelligent or average should yieldto authority of qualified leaders. __5__ __5__

7. Average people don’t always know what is in their ownbest interest. __3__ __2__

8. Some people are smarter than others. __1__ __1__

9. People who can not read are easier to control than those who can read. __3__ __2__

10. People are always free to make their own choices. __5__ __6__

11. The government usually does what is best for thepeople. __2__ __3__

12. I can trust those in positions of authority to make decisions in my best interest. __3__ __2__


Animal Farm Study Guide13. You should always do everything you have been told. __6__

__6__14. Power corrupts those who have it. __3__

__4__

Scavenger Hunt:1. Who is George Orwell? What is his real name?

Answer: Eric Arthur Blair; an authorSource used: Britannica

2. What country lies east of Russia across a small strait of water?Answer: United StatesSource used: Britannica

3. What countries border Russia on the west and south?Answer: MongoliaSource used: Bitannica

4. Who is the current leader in Russia?Answer: Vladimir PootenSource used: Britannica

5. Who was the leader at the beginning of the Russian Revolution?Answer: Czar Nicolas IISource used: Britannica

6. What are the other names by which the country of Russia has been called?Answer: USSR; Soviet UnionSource used: Britannica

7. What is the capital of Russia today? Where is it located?Answer: Moscow; located at 55* N 29* WSource used: Britannica

8. What is Siberia?Answer: a regionSource used: Britannica

9. For what export products is Russia most famous today?Answer: oil and forestry Source used: Britannica

10. What kind of government does Russia have today?Answer: democraticSource used: Britannica


Animal Farm Study Guide11. What is communism?

Answer: the political and economic doctrine that aims to replace private property and a profit- based economy with public ownership and communal control of at least the major means of production.Source used: Britannica

12. What is socialism?Answer: wanting everybody and everything to be equal.Source used: Britannica

13. Who was Karl Marx? What does he have to do with the Russian Revolution?Answer: an author of a very important book in the Soviet UnionSource used: Britannica

14. What happened on November 7, 1917, in Russia? Answer: beginning of October (November) RevolutionSource used: Britannica

15. Record below a famous quotation from George Orwell’s Animal Farm. What do you think it means?Answer: Source used: Animal Farm pg.

Timeline: 1920

January 9, 1917- Petrograd Strike, reunion of Bloody Sunday.

February 23, 1917- International Women’s Day.

April 3, 1917- Lenin to Russia. He dominates the Bolshevik party.

October 23, 1917- Bolsheviks plan a coup.

November 3, 1917- Bolsheviks fully take over Moscow and the Kremlins.



Symbol What It Stands For

Characteristics

Mr. Jones Czar Nicolas II Irresponsible to animals Sometimes cruel Sometimes kind

Old Major Karl Marx Taught animalism Dies before revolution

Snowball Leon Trotsky Good speaker Wants a better life Leader

Napoleon Joseph Stalin Selfish, cruel Violent Wants power Controlled animals

Squealer Propaganda Talkative Convincing Manipulative

Boxer Working class Strong, hardworking Betrayed by Napoleon Believes in Animal Farm

Mollie Opportunists Vain Will go with anyone that

gives her what she wants Does not work Mr. Jones’s favorite

The Pigs Controlling Take the best for

themselves

1900

January 3, 1905- 120,000 workers strike in St. Petersburg

January 9, 1905- Bloody Sunday : striking workers march and protest, they were shot down.

April 15, 1906- Stolypin becomes Minister of Interior.

September 18, 1911- Stolypin is assassinated.

April 17, 1912- Lena Goldfield Massacre: 200 striking workers were shot.

July 19, 1914- Germany declares war on Russia.


Animal Farm Study GuideMoses The church Taught animals to work,

not complain Snowball and Major were

against himSugar Candy Mountain Heaven Where animals go after

they dieBenjamin Survivor intellectuals Goes with the flow

Doesn’t complain, but isn’t very helpful either

Farmhouse Capitalism, Kremlin

The Windmill Industrialization Requires hard and risk

The whip Totalitarianism The force used to control

The Cat Opportunists Doesn’t work Only around for Meetings

and meal timesThe rats, rabbits Mensheviks Aren’t very important

The sheep vs. Muriel Unskilled labor Muriel is smart Sheep agree with anyone

Foxwood- Pilkington Allies of WWII Helps Animal Farm with supplies

Pinchfield- Fredrick Axis of WWII

The Dogs KGB Help Napoleon Intimidating

“Beasts of England”

Section 1: a. Quote

“Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever.” ~Old Major to the animals pg. 5

b. Vocabulary

Vivacious- [vi-vey-shuhs, vahy-] Adjective lively; animated; gay “Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon…” pg. 13

Preeminent- [pree-em-uh-nuhnt]


Animal Farm Study Guide Adjective eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing “Preeminent among the pigs were two young boars named

Snowball and Napoleon, whom Mr. Jones was breeding up for sale.” Pg. 12

Counteract-

[koun-ter-akt] Verb to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action. “The pigs had an even harder struggle to counteract the lies put

about by Moses, the tame raven.” Pg. 14

Mare-

[mair] Noun a fully mature female horse or other equine animal. “Clover was a stout, motherly mare who had nevr quite gotten

her figure back afte her fourth foal.” Pg. 3

Lest-

[lest] conjunction for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to

introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution)

“…and setting down their vast hairy hooves with great care lest there be some small animal concealed in the straw.” Pg. 2

c. Three- Level Questions

i. What happened at the farmhouse?ii. What was the significance of Moses’s name?iii. How is Mr. Jones similar to Czar Nicolas II from the Russian

Revolution?

d. Answers to Level Questions



i. Mr. Jones wasn’t feeding the animals, so the cows broke through the shed where the hay was. The animals were eating and Mr. Jones’s helpers heard what was going on and they ran out to the shed. Mr. Jones and his men were attacked by the animals and they ran out the gates. Mrs. Jones saw what was happening from the window and left from the other side of the farm. The animals had gained control of the farm.

ii. Moses told everyone on the farm that there was a place called Sugar Candy Mountain. He said it was a place where all the animals went after they died. His name is significant because it is a biblical allusion.

iii. Czar Nicolas and Mr. Jones are similar because neither of them took very good care of their country, or in Mr. Jones’s case, the farm. They were also both taken out of power by the people.

Section 2: a. Quote, comrade pg 24, doled, 24, parasitical pg 24, cockerels pg 25,

cryptic pg 26

“Four legs good, two legs bad.” ~ Snowball to the animals, a commandment

b. Vocabulary

Comrade- [kom-rad, -rid] Noun a person who shares in one's activities, occupation, etc.;

companion, associate, or friend. “Gee up, comrade!” pg. 24

Doled-

[dohl] Verb to give out sparingly or in small quantities “..not doled out by a grudging master.” Pg. 24

Parasitical-


Animal Farm Study Guide [par-uh-sit-ik] Adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of parasites. “With the worthless, parasitical humans gone, there was more

for everyone to eat.” Pg. 24

Cockerels-

[kok-er-uh l, kok-ruh l] Noun a young domestic cock. “He made an arrangement with one of the cockerels to wake

him a half hour before everyone else..” pg. 25

Cryptic-

[krip-tik] Adjective mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous “..and the others had to be content with this cryptic answer.”

c. Three Level Questions:

i. What happened at Battle of Cowshed?ii. What significance did the pigs getting all the milk and apples

have? iii. How do the pigs relate to the Bolsheviks?

d. Answers to Level Questions

i. Mr. Jones and the farmers from Foxwood and Pilkington came back to Manor Farm. They brought sticks and Mr. Jones brought a gun to try to gain back control of the farm. Snowball created a battle plan. One sheep was killed, and Snowball and a man were injured. Snowball was grazed by a bullet, and the man was kicked by Boxer.

ii. The pigs got all of the windfall apples and milk. Then they lied about why they were getting to keep it. They said that it would help them stay intelligent. Its foreshadowing that the pigs


Animal Farm Study Guidedon’t care as much about the farm as they do about themselves. They are becoming more like humans because not everyone is totally equal.

iii. The pigs are like the Bolsheviks because they took control of Manor Farm. The pigs slowly became like dictators because they were in charge of everyone, but it was controlling. They took the best for themselves and then worried about the other animals.

Section 3:

a. Quote -

“If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right.” ~Boxer to animals

b. Vocabulary-

Advocating-

[v. ad-vuh-keyt; n. ad-vuh-kit, -keyt] Verb to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument;

recommend publicly “..set forth his reasons for advocating the building the windmill.”

Pg. 47

Eloquence-

[el-uh-kwuhns] Noun the practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness. “Snowball’s eloquence carried them away.” Pg. 47

Forelock-

[fawr-lok, fohr-] Noun (of a horse) a tuft of hair above or on the forehead. “He set his ears back, shook his forelock several times..” pg. 50


Animal Farm Study Guide Articulate-

[adj., n. ahr-tik-yuh-lit; v. ahr-tik-yuh-leyt] Adjective capable of speech; not speechless. “Some of the pigs themselves, however, were more articulate.” Pg.

50

Dispersed-

[dih-spurs] Verb to drive or send off in various directions; scatter “..after a single singing of the ‘Beasts of England,’ all the animals

dispersed.”

c. Three Level Questions-i. What happened when Napoleon made the horrible screeching

noise?ii. What is significant about the pigs that try to speak against

Napoleon?iii. How is Squealer like the propaganda that people saw during the

war?

d. Answers to Level Questions-i. When Napoleon screeched after Snowball’s speech, nine

scary dogs came into the big barn. Napoleon had been training them since they were puppies. He trained them to be intimidating and to scare away Snowball, so that Napoleon could be in charge of Animal Farm.

ii. When the pigs try to challenge what Napoleon is saying, the dogs growl at them. That suddenly makes the pigs stop talking. That is significant because it shows that Napoleon will take over Animal Farm by force and intimidation.

iii. Whenever Napoleon’s speeches caused unrest in the animals, Squealer went to all the animals and told them that everything they heard before was wrong. He confused all the animals into believing what they said. He also spoke badly about Snowball, just like propaganda did about the person they wanted everyone to turn against.



Section 4:

a. Quote-

“I do not believe that.” ~ Boxer to Napoleon

b. Vocabulary-

Hitherto- [hith -er-too] Adverb up to this time; until now “Hitherto the animals had little or no contack with Whymper on

hi weekly visits..” pg. 68

Pervading-

[per-veyd] Verb to become spread throughout all parts of “It seemed to them as though Snow ball were some kind of

invisible influence, pervading the air about them and menacing them with all kinds of dangers.” Pg. 71

Countenance-

[koun-tn-uhns] Adjective appearance, especially the look or expression of the face “The four pigs waited, trembling, with guilt written on every line

of their countenances.” Pg. 74

Tumult-

[too-muh lt, tyoo-]


Animal Farm Study Guide Noun violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob;

uproar “Presently the tumult died down” pg. 74

Retribution-

[re-truh-byoo-shuhn] Noun requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil. “They did not know which was more shocking- the treachery of the

animals who had leagued themselves with Snowball, or the retribution they had just witnessed.” Pg. 76

c. Three Level Questions-i. What happened at the Battle of the Windmill?ii. What was the significance to Boxer standing up to Squealer?iii. How are the pigs and the people during the civil rights

movement similar?

d. Answers to Level Questions-i. Napoleon had gotten Fredrick mad at him and Animal Farm,

so Fredrick and his men attacked. Nearly everyone was injured and many animals were killed. The windmill was destroyed for a second time.

ii. It was significant when Boxer stood up to Squealer because no animal had even thought of voicing his own opinion in a while. Boxer said that Snowball was not always bad when Squealer said he was. He was standing up to what Napoleon had said and it was unheard of.

iii. Many white people in the civil rights movement were whit supremacists, they believed white was the superior race. The pigs in Animal Farm believe the same way. They think that pigs are the superior animal.

Section 5:



a. Quote-

“Four legs good, two legs better!” sheep to animals

b. Vocabulary-Tyrannical-

[ti-ran-i-kuh l, tahy-] Adjective unjustly cruel, harsh, or severe; arbitrary or oppressive; despotic “If they went hungry, it was not from feeding tyrannical human beings;

if they worked hard, at least it was for themselves.” Pg. 116

Trotters-

[trot-er] Noun an animal that trots, especially a horse bred and trained for

harness racing. “..carried whips in their trotters.” Pg. 119

Diligently-

[dil-i-juhnt] Adjective constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in

doing anything “They worked diligently, hardly raising their faces from the ground,

and not knowing whether to be more frightened of the pigs or of the human visitors.” Pg. 119

Dogcarts-

[dawg-kahrt, dog-] Noun a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle for ordinary driving,

with two transverse seats back to back, and originally having a box under the rear seat for carrying a dog.


Animal Farm Study Guide “A week later, in the afternoon, a number of dogcarts drove up

to the farm.” Pg. 119

Incumbent-

[in-kuhm-buhnt] Adjective -obligatury “..there were a few words that he felt it incumbent upon him to say.”

c. Three Level Questions-i. What did the other animals notice about the pigs and the men?ii. What was the significance of the pigs wearing clothes?iii.

d. Answers to Level Questions-i. The animals noticed that you couldn’t tell the pigs and the

men apart. They realized that after all of the years of the pigs becoming steadily more like humans, they really had become just like them.

ii. The significance of the pigs wearing clothes was that it really showed that they were becoming more like man. They were walking around on two legs and wearing human clothing. It showed that they were no longer animals, they were human.

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