Animal Farm Review Quiz

Battle of the Windmill

Battle of Stalingrad, Frederick, after betraying Napoleon by giving him counterfeit money, then invades Animal Farm with his men and goes on a rampage even to the point of blowing up the windmill

Clover

Benjamin felt a nose nuzzling at his shoulder. He looked round. It was Clover. Her old eyes looked dimmer than ever. Without saying anything, she tugged gently at his mane and led him round to the end of the big barn, where the Seven Commandments were written. For a minute or two they stood gazing at the tatted wall with its white lettering. "My sight is failing," she said finally. "Even when I was young I could not have read what was written there. But it appears to me that that wall looks different. Are the Seven Commandments the same as they used to be, Benjamin?" (Orwell 40).

Dependent Clause Example

"After the man picked up the ax,"is a dependent clause because it contains a subject (man) and verb (picked) but cannot stand alone as a sentence.

Phrase example

"Before school tomorrow" is a phrase because it begins with a subordinating conjunction and does not contain a subject or a verb.

Mr. Pilkington

"But they had not gone twenty yards when they stopped short. An uproar of voices was coming from the farmhouse. They rushed back and looked through the window again. Yes, a violent quarrel was in progress. There were shoutings, bangings on the table, sharp suspicious glances, furious denials. The source of the trouble appeared to be that Napoleon and Mr. Pilkington had each played an ace of spades simultaneously. Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which" (Orwell 42).

Boxer

"Come at once! They're taking Boxer away!" Without waiting for orders from the pig, the animals broke off work and raced back to the farm buildings. Sure enough, there in the yard was a large closed van, drawn by two horses, with lettering on its side and a sly−looking man in a low−crowned bowler hat sitting on the driver's seat. And Boxer's stall was empty. The animals crowded round the van. "Good−bye, Boxer!" they chorused, "good−bye!" "Fools! Fools!" shouted Benjamin, prancing round them and stamping the earth with his small hoofs. "Fools! Do you not see what is written on the side of that van?" That gave the animals pause, and there was a hush. Muriel began to spell out the words. But Benjamin pushed her aside and in the midst of a deadly silence he read: " 'Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer and Glue Boiler, Willingdon. Dealer in Hides and Bone−Meal. Kennels Supplied.' Do you not understand what that means? They are taking Boxer to the knacker's!"(Orwell 36).

Clause example

"He went to the concert" is a clause because it contains a subject (he) and verb (went).

Napoleon

"Napoleon was a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar...not much of a talker but with a reputation for getting his own way" (Orwell 5).

Squealer

"One day in early summer Squealer ordered the sheep to follow him, and led them out to a piece of waste ground at the other end of the farm, which had become overgrown with birch saplings. The sheep spent the whole day there browsing at the leaves under Squealer's supervision. In the evening he returned to the farmhouse himself, but, as it was warm weather, told the sheep to stay where they were. It ended by their remaining there for a whole week, during which time the other animals saw nothing of them. Squealer was with them for the greater part of every day. He was, he said, teaching them to sing a new song, for which privacy was needed."(Orwell 39).

Verbal Irony Example

"The animals now also learned that Snowball had never-as many of them had believed hitherto-received the order 'Animal Hero First Class.' This was merely a legend which had been spread some time after the Battle of the Cowshed by Snowball himself"(Chapter Eight) This is verbal irony because Snowball did win the medal of honor and Napoleon is merely suggesting that Snowball made the whole thing up, which is ironic because it's an altered version of reality.

sheep

"There was a deadly silence. Amazed, terrified, huddling together, the animals watched the long line of pigs march slowly round the yard. It was as though the world had turned upside−down. Then there came a moment when the first shock had worn off and when, in spite of everything−in spite of their terror of the dogs, and of the habit, developed through long years, of never complaining, never criticizing, no matter what happened−they might have uttered some word of protest. But just at that moment, as though at a signal, all the sheep burst out into a tremendous bleating of− "Four legs good, two legs better! Four legs good, two legs better! Four legs good, two legs better!" (Orwell 40).

Independent Clause Example

"Tiffany loved to speak in front of people." this is an independent clause because it can stand alone and contains both a subject (Tiffany) and a verb (loved).

MLA quotes

(author's last name page number). (Orwell 23). "a small fat pig" (Orwell 5).

Irony

A contrast between expectation and reality

Foreshadowing

A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.

Dramatic Irony Example

In Chapter Six, Napoleon declares that it was Snowball who destroyed the windmill. This is dramatic irony because the characters in the book believe Napoleon but the reader knows what truly happened.

situational irony example

In chapter two, Napoleon called for paint to inscribe the Seven Commandments on the wall, which would "form an unalterable law by which all the animals on Animal Farm must live for ever after."Snowball, because he was the best at writing, painted out the Commandments. This is situational irony because, we know that later down the road Napoleon is the first one to break the commandments and alter them despite declaring them unalterable.

Moses

In the middle of the summer Moses the raven suddenly reappeared on the farm, after an absence of several years. He was quite unchanged, still did no work, and talked in the same strain as ever about Sugarcandy Mountain. He would perch on a stump, flap his black wings, and talk by the hour to anyone who would listen. "Up there, comrades," he would say solemnly, pointing to the sky with his large beak−"up there, just on the other side of that dark cloud that you can see−there it lies, Sugarcandy Mountain, that happy country where we poor animals shall rest for ever from our labours!" (Orwell 35).

Foreshadowing examples

Napoleon taking Jessie and Bluebell's puppies to "educate" them is foreshadowing the same dogs chasing Snowball off the farm. When the Mollie asks if there will be sugar after the rebellion, it is foreshadowing her escape from Animal Farm based on her desire for human attention.

animal executions

Stalin's Great Purge, Napoleon viciously slaughters anyone who has identified or done anything against his beliefs. This is what Joseph Stalin did in Russia by murdering all of the people he didn't like or that did not agree with his communist views.

Boxer's death

Stalin's betrayal of the proletariat; Boxer, although being a major part in the success and creation of Animal Farm is completely disregarded by the pigs. He dies by a horse slaughterer after he can no longer work on the farm. Since Napoleon sees no use for him, he tricks the animals into thinking he is going to a hospital to get better but he actually sells his body parts for money to buy whiskey.

changes to seven commandments

The changes to the seven commandments are instituted by the pigs. The commandments are supposed to be the unalterable law of the land, but Napoleon abuses his power to take advantage of the stupid animals on the farm into thinking they have always been that way. The changes are made so that Napoleon can do whatever he wants (which means becoming more and more like the 'enemy', a human). Napoleon adopts all of the human vices Old Major warns about

the story's ending

The pigs have officially become eerily similar to the humans who were once their enemies. It leaves off with Napoleon and Pilkington playing the same hand of cards (one of them cheated). This is a symbol of the start of the Cold War. The pigs and animals have agreed to live in normal business relations with the humans. The name is changed from Animal Farm back to Manor Farm symbolizing that the rebellion is over and the idea of "Animalism" from Old Major is dead.

situational irony

a contradiction in what the audience or reader thinks will happen, and what actually does

phrase

a group of words that does not contain a subject and a verb

clause

a group of words with a subject and a verb

dramatic irony

a situation in which the audience or reader knows something that the characters do not know

dependent clause

does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence

independent clause

expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. Has both a subject and a verb.

verbal irony

irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning in order to suggest or emphasize the opposite

Theme

the central idea in a work of literature, or an opinion about the subject. In Animal Farm, the theme is "Communism never works and results in a completely tyrannical government system."

Hens revolt

the hens were mad at Napoleon for trading their eggs, so they revolted against him, Napoleon starves them; several of the hens die; the rest simply give up. Then, Napoleon punishes the hens who revolted by killing them with his vicious dogs.

special treatment for pigs

the pigs get special treatment which mirrors the fact that is Communist Russia, high ranking government officials received. Even though all animals are supposed to be equal, the pigs obviously have advantages the other animals do not have. They even change the commandments so they can do whatever they want without being questioned