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i. The basic was that the capitalist economic system was seriously flawed.
1. The workers never saw the products of their labor because the capitalists the
people
ii. In a rebellion what is the importance of the destruction of tradition and the
establishment of new traditions.
iii. How can rebellion be a form of corruption
iv. Characters to watch
1. Snowball
2. Squealer
3. Napoleon
Animal Farm Comprehension Test Preview
(Compete worth 1 Extra Credit Class Grade Completed by Oct 10th. We will be using these notes over several days to have
discussion Collection on Oct 13th)
Chapter 1
1. Make a list of characters. (Hint: 3. Identify the following: 3 dogs, 2 cart-horses, goat, donkey, mare,
raven.)
2. Who do you think will be the most important characters? Why?
3. Who first introduces the idea of the revolution to the animals?
4. What does Major say about the relationship between animals and humans?
5. Describe the animals lives according to Old major (3 things)
6. What is the importance of Major's dream?
7. Why do you think the song is significant?
8. Why does Major sing Beasts of England to the animals? What purpose does he want it to serve?
9. In one word, what is Old Major's message to the animals?
Chapter 2
1. Who was the cleverest of the animals?
2. What two pigs were emerging as leaders? Describe each of them.
3. Describe Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer. Why are they important?
4. How and why does the revolution happen? What do the animals do after they take over the farm?
5. What mysterious place did Moses talk of?
6. What had the pigs taught themselves to do?
7. List the 7 Commandments.
8. What things capture Mollies attention?
9. Why do you think the pigs teach themselves to read and write?
10. What disappears at the end of the chapter?
11. Why do you think Orwell includes this detail, particularly at the end of a chapter?
Chapter 3
1. Why is the animals harvest better than the previous harvest with the humans?
2. What animals does Napoleon take to rear separately from the others?
3. Why do you think Napoleon isolates these animals?
4. Did the pigs actually work? Discuss.
5. What was Boxer's personal motto?
6. Describe Animal Farm's flag. What did it represent?
7. Describe the ceremonies that took place on Sundays.
8. To what extent did Boxer learn the alphabet?
9. What single sentence did Snowball reduce the 7 Commandments to?
10. Who repeatedly talked to the animals on behalf of the pigs
11. What were the animals completely certain of?
Chapter 4 and 5
1. What kinds of propaganda can you see in these chapters?
2. What are the names of the two neighboring farmers?
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Chapter 8
1. Describe the new ways Napoleon sets himself apart from the other animals. What does this remind you
of?
2. What happens when Napoleon tries to sell the woodpile?
3. How do the pigs feel about the Battle of the Windmill? How do the other animals feel?
4. What do you think is the significance of the last "human behavior" commandment being changed?
5. What words are added (without the animals knowledge) to the commandment No animal shall kill any
other animal?Why is this important?
6. What is the purpose of Napoleons self-imposed sequestering and ceremonial appearances?
7. What is Napoleons purpose for inscribing the poem and the portrait of himself on the wall? Is it
possible that his purpose might backfire?
8. What turnaround occurs regarding Pilkington and Frederick, and what do the animals think of each of
them?
9. How does Frederick trick the animals?
10. What is the irony in the scene where the animals celebrate after the windmill has been blown up? What
purpose does this use of irony serve?
11. What words are added (without the animals knowledge) to the commandment No animal shall drink
alcohol?
12. What does the unexplainable incident that occurs at the very end of Chapter 8 confirm for readers? Do
any of the animals get it?
13. Throughout the novel, the animals believe or are led to believe one thing and then are later convinced of
another. Why is that and how is that achieved? What does it say about the animals? About Animal
Farm? About society? About Orwells beliefs about Soviet Communism?
14. Have your attitudes as a reader changed throughout your reading of the novel? About the pigs? About
various other animals? About Communism? Society?
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Chapter 10
1. Where is Jones when he dies?
2. When the first windmill is finally completed, how is it used?
3. What is the irony of Napoleons statement, The truest happinesslay in working hard and living
frugally?
4. What mysterious things do the pigs supposedly spend their time working on?
5. What human behavior do the pigs take on in the last chapter of the novel that goes against the first and
most sacred commandment of Animalism?
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6. Why dont the animals organize a rebellion of their own to overthrow the pigs? What do you think
would be the short term and the long term results if such a rebellion were to succeed?
7. What causes the fight between the humans and the pigs at the conclusion of the novel?
8. What did Napoleon announce would be the new name of Animal Farm? Is this surprising? Why or Why
not?
9. What makes the final scene in the farmhouse so powerful?
10. In Chapters 9 and 10, the farmhouse becomes as much a part of the setting as the rest of the farm itself.
Why? What purpose does that serve?
11. What does it mean that the pigs have now learned to walk on two legs?
12. What is the new commandment? What does it mean?
13. What are the differences between man and pig at the end of Chapter 10?
14. What do you think the moral of this fable is?
Animal Farm Character Test Preview
9RL3:Character Analysis: Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting
motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop
the theme
Directions: Complete the questions below in order to practice for your test. Use the notes provided and you
study guide to come up with specific reasons for each question.
Character Types Notes
1. Dynamic is a character that undergoes some kind of change because of the action in the plot.
2. Round have similar emotions and reactions as most real people, are more fully developed, and
therefore are harder to summarize
3. Flat embodies one or two qualities, ideas, or traits that can be easily described in a brief summary.
4. Static does not change throughout the work, and the readers knowledge of that character does not
grow
5. Protagonist is the central character who engages the readers interest and empathy. This character
also leads the action of the story
6. Antagonist is the character, force, or collection of forces that stands directly opposed to the
protagonist and gives rise to the conflict of the story.
7. Major characters are usually the characters the story focuses on.
8. Minor character is usually a character you dont learn very much about, but is important to the
progress of the story
Characters of Animal Farm Bank
10. A. Choose one character and analyze how the characters motivations change from the beginning of the
text to the end. B. How does the characters interactions with other characters change? C. How doe these
conflicts and changes add to the theme?
Animal Farm Plot and Structure Test Preview
(Compete worth 1 Extra Credit Class Grade Completed by Oct 10th. We will be using these notes over several days to have
discussion Collection on Oct 13th)
9RL5: Structure and Mood Analyze how an authors choices concerning how to structure a text, order
events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as
mystery, tension, or surprise.
Directions: Complete the questions below in order to practice for your test. Use the notes provided and you
study guide to come up with specific reasons for each question.
Character Types Notes
1. Fiction are stories about fictional events. An easy way to remember fiction is that it's fake.
2. Mood-- is the feel of a story
3. The events that happen in a story is called p
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4. Exposition is the background information of the story. Beginning in fiction terminology is called,
the Exposition
a. Setting is the place where the action of a story occurs.
b. Characters is a person presented in a dramatic or narrative work
5. Conflict is the problem in the story that hinders the character from reaching his/her goal.
6. Rising action is everything from the initiation of conflict to the climax.
The rising action has two parts
a. Complications-- all minor conflicts and inconveniences that make the conflict harder to solve
b. Suspense--when the reader worries about the characters
7. Climax the moment of greatest emotional tension in a story. This is usually where the protagonist
must make a key decision to resolve the overall conflict. The turning point in the story.
8. Falling action where most conflicts are usually resolved at this time, and tying up lose ends in the
story
9. Resolution is the final outcome of the story.
Key Events of Animal Farm Bank (In no particular order)
1. Assign letters from the event bank to each piece of plot and explain why it goes with that part of plot.
2. How does the order that the author chooses to reveal things impact the mood of the text?
Animal Farm Plot and Structure Test Preview
Animal Farm Comprehension Test Preview
(Compete worth 1 Extra Credit Class Grade Completed by Oct 13th. We will be using these notes over several days to have
discussion Collection on Oct 14th)
9RL9: Effect Allusions and Retellings Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in
a specific work
Historical Figure and Idea Bank
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Trotsky
Propaganda
Proletariat
Karl Marx
Tsar Nicholas II
Animal Farm
Character
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Stalin
Bourgeoisie
Religion
The blind masses
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Explanation
2.Old Major
4.Mollie
5.Napoleon
6.Snowball
7.Squealer
8. Moses
9. Sheep
11.Mr. Pilkington