Chapter 1-3 Animal Farm – Flashcards
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You gather that Animal Farm will be a fable because
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animals are talking
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List the ideals outlined by Old Major that should occur after the rebellion.
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More food, don't drink alcohol, don't sleep in a house, no clothes, no tobacco, don't kill other animals
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What political idea in Russian history does Old Major represent?
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Communism
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What 3 adjectives did Old Major use to describe the life of an animal:
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Miserable, Laborious, and Short
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To what political figure in Russian history does Jones correspond?
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Czar Nicholas ll of Russia
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What does Farmer Jones do that keeps him from running the farm properly?
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Gets drunk
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According to Snowball and Old Major, who is their worst enemy?
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Man, they consume without producing
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As a solution to the conflict with humans, Major urges the animals to
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Rebel against the humans
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The climax of Chapter I occurs when
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The animals start singing together
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Why did the animals break into the store-shed?
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They were starving
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Why does Snowball burn the ribbons?
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It is considered a badge of slavery
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What is the original name of Animal Farm?
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Manor Farm
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What did Snowball paint on the wall?
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Seven Commandments
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What was Mollie doing in the house?
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Getting a ribbon from Mrs.Jones dresser
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Which animal was Mr. Jones' favorite?
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Raven
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Which two animals are always in disagreement?
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Napoleon and Snowball.
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Why does Napoleon take the nine puppies away?
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He wants to use them as a private security force
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What was the one phrase summary of the Seven Commandments?
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Don't be human
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Name the three main pigs.
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Squealer, Snowball, and Napoleon
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The pigs formulate the teachings of Old Major into a system of thought. What is it called?
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Animalism
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Moses, the raven, who tells tales of Sugarcandy Mtn., is an allegory for what kind of human leader?
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A religious leader
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What problems do the animals encounter as they begin to discuss the coming rebellion.
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What they will eat and how they will surive
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What two leaders emerge after the rebellion?
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Napoleon and Snowball.
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What word did the pigs misspell when writing the Seven Commandments?
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Friend
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What have the pigs been doing for the past three months?
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Preparing for the rebellion; learning to read and write and stealing apples and milk
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Who came up with the Seven Commandments?
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The pigs
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What seems funny about the working conditions after the rebellion?
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The animals work all the time and they are happy to do it. The pigs supervise but don't help to the actual work.
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Where were all the animals when the milk disappeared?
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Hayfield
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Who was taking the milk?
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The pigs
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Who was sent to explain why the milk was being used by the pigs?
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Squealer
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Name one of the arguments that he used to explain why the milk was going to the pigs.
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He says that they don't even like it but they need it to watch over them and keep their strength (which science proves pigs need milk and apples to have) or else jones will come back
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How well did the animals work together for the harvest?
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Very well
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Are all the animals equal? Describe any "classes" or rankings of animals that you see.
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No, Pigs get the best, horses are hard workers, and evertone else just make it along
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Who among the workers is most admired?
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Boxer
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At first, how do the animals work together and feel after the rebellion?
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Very well, and happy
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The character who seems to be entirely trustworthy is
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Boxer
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The best summary of the conflict in this chapter is that
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Animals are in harmony but pigs are power hungry
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The animals accept the pigs' leadership because the pigs
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Appear to be the smartest and wisest
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The cat is active in the Re-education Committee in order to
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Eat some birds
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The slogan "Four legs good, two legs bad," is more popular than the Seven Commandments because
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it is short and simple for the animals that can not read well
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The most effective argument Squealer uses to justify the pigs' taking the milk and apples for themselves is that
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they need it to stay strong, because without them Jones will come back
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The author gives the following description of Old Benjamin, the donkey: ...he did his work in the same slow, obstinate way as he had done it in Jones's time, never shirking and never volunteering for extra work either. About the rebellion and its results he would express no opinion. When asked whether he was not happier now that Jones was gone, he would say only, "Donkeys live a long time. None of you has ever seen a dead donkey," and the other had to be content with his cryptic answer .The best explanation of Benjamin's meaning is that
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He would be alive either way and does not care much
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The powerful and hard working Boxer does most of the heavy labor and adopts which phrase as a personal motto:
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"I will work harder"
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What is the "distinguishing mark of a man" to an animal?
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the hand
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Every Sunday, the animals hold a
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Meeting
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Which animals had the most trouble learning the alphabet?
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Sheep, Hens, and Ducks
