Animal Farm Test Review
Animal Farm Test Review
Animal Farm Test Review
Jones
Napoleon is always right Who/Theme Know the allegorical equivalents of the following: (Fill in the Blank)
1. Snowball- Trotsky 2. Napoleon- Stalin 3. Boxer/Clover- Dedicated, deceived, commoner 4. Squealer- Propaganda 5. The Dogs- KGB 6. The Sheep- mindless followers 7. Frederick-Germany 8. Pilkington-England 9. Animalism- Communism 10. Moses the Raven- the Russian Orthodox church
Be able to answer the following questions: (Multiple Choice and Short Answer)
1. According to Old Major, what is the source of all the animals problems?
-The Humans
2. What motto does Major give the animals? (Hint: It is later adopted by the sheep)
-4 legs good, 2 legs bad
7. Why does Snowball want the windmill (What does he plan to do with it)?
-So they can have electricity. Use it to make machines to do all their work for them so they can relax
-Squealer uses rhetoric and language to twist the truth and gain/maintain social and political control
12. What two maxims does Boxer have? (Hint: One is from the beginning of the book, and the other after Napoleon
takes control.) -I must work harder and Napoleon is always right
13. What happens to the hens when they protest selling their eggs?
-They are trapped in the barn and are not given food. A lot of them die too.
14. Why does Napoleon order the animals to stop singing The Beasts of England? What song replaces it?
- He says the song is pointless because the Revolution is over and the animals have earned their freedom; Minimus writes the song Animal Farm, Animal Farm to replace it. Another poem, called Comrade Napoleon, is written to glorify Napoleon as well.
15. How are the commandments about sleeping in beds, killing other animals, and drinking alcohol altered?
-Two words are added to each commandment. With sheets is added to no sleeping in beds, No sleeping in beds with sheets. No killing other animals becomes No killing animals without cause. No drinking alcohol becomes No drinking alcohol to excess.
17. What are the differences between the three appeals? (What does each appeal to?)
-Logos makes sense and convinces you logically. Pathos appeals to the emotions. Ethos appeals to the sense of right and wrong.
Respond to the following in two or more paragraphs: (Longer Answer, be sure to use EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT!!!)
1. Napoleon uses a series of scapegoats. Who does he use, and what is the effect of each? Which rhetorical
appeals does he use with each? Which appeal is more effective with the animals on the farm? Explain why, giving reasons based on examples from the story. -Snowball: Receives blame for problems on the farm after expulsion.
windmill uses him (snowball) to make himself (napoleon) seem better... telling animals he actually led human forces in
battle, etc. -Mr. Jones: Uses fear tactics (pathos?) to make animals think what he is doing is for the best. Think do you want Jones to come back?
2. Write a brief rhetorical analysis of Old Majors speech from chapter 1 (this will be attached to the end of the test
for reference, but you should probably practice this one ahead of time). -review old majors speech pgs. 6-13 -review ethos, pathos, and logos. see how parts of his speech relate to each appeal. i am interpreting the Farm as the animals country and all farms as the animals world if that makes ethos easier to understand in this case. -it also seems like a good idea to study how the speech affects the animals POV and how it changes life on the farm. The speech essentially spurred the animals into the rebellion and changed their lives forever. -make a SOAPS chart and fill it out... commit those details to memory! those are like the backbone to rhetorical analysis so that should be really helpful. -the easiest thing to do is talk about how the speech states the problem, gives a vision of a better future, and then gives the animals a plan to get there (rebellion) -Mr. Daiss.
3. What is the object of satire in Animal Farm (there are several, actually, but just pick one)? Explain how Orwell
achieves his satire. What elements from the plot, the characters, and rhetorical devices does he use? The major object of satire I see is the Russian Revolution. Orwell depicts this throughout his book by the way of the pigs. Orwell shows this by there leadership/ taking over of the farm as with what stalin did to try to consolidate his rule. Just as Stalin tried to overthrow Trotsky , the pigs try to overthrow the humans/Mr. Jones.
The rhetorical devices i see here are what i think are pathos. Orwell appeals to, in reality the working class. He depicts this through Napolean.of pathos here also because Napoleon appeals to the animals feeling by saying everything on the farm would be SO much better. (working for themselves, NOT humans). In addition, I believe that Orwells satire is effective because everything is brilliantly planned. All aspects of the Russian Revolution have a very transparent and relevant parallel drawn in Animal Farm. That makes the satire easy to understand and adds a touch of humor. I feel the end scene where they have the pigs and the humans together is a very important part of this satire with a powerful message as well.
remember that satire goes after human folly (foolishness) and flaws, so specifically, greed and lust for power are also good targets for satire-Mr.Daiss