Animal Farm

  1. second battle
    battle of the windmill
  2. what does Napolean do to celebrate the struggles and triumphs of animal farm?
    required weekly spontaneous demonstrations
  3. what is the original maxim for the sheep and how does it change?
    • "four legs good, two legs bad"
    • changes to "four legs good, two legs better"
  4. censured
    public reprimand
  5. tractable
    obedient and manageable
  6. arable
    farmable land
  7. ignominious
    embarassing, humiliating
  8. superannuated
    retired
  9. symbol
    something that stands for itself and something else
  10. irony
    a contrast b/w what appears to be and what really is
  11. fable
    a story made to teach a moral
  12. satire
    a piece of writing used to ridicule a subject
  13. illusion
    when a work of art, book, etc is mentioned in another book
  14. What are Boxer's two slogans?
    • "I will work harder"
    • "Napolean is always right"
  15. Who writes "Comrade Napolean"
    Minimus
  16. Who does Old Major represent?
    Marx and Lenin
  17. What does the animal rebellion represent?
    Bolshevik Rev. of 1917
  18. Who does Napolean represent?
    Stalin
  19. Who does Farmer Jones represent?
    Czar Nicholas Romanov the 2nd
  20. animalism
    communism
  21. Who is a Berkshire pig?
    Napolean
  22. Who are the two middle whites?
    Snowball and Old Major
  23. Who is a motherly mare?
    Clover
  24. Who is a foolish filly and the first traitor?
    Mollie
  25. Who is a raven that always talks of Sugarcandy Mtn?
    Moses
  26. What animal is Benjamin?
    Donkey
  27. What animal is Bluebell?
    Dog
  28. What animal is Boxer?
    horse
  29. What animal is Muriel?
    goat
  30. Is the theme stated or implied?
    implied
  31. What is the theme?
    power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely- said by Lord Acton
  32. denotation
    dictionary definition
  33. human neighbors
    Frederick and Pilkington
  34. neighboring farms
    Foxwood and Pinchfield
  35. human intermediary
    Mr. Whymper
  36. working class group of Russia
    Bolsheviks
  37. Who is the black monk?
    Rasputin
  38. Who represents the KGB?
    9 puppies
  39. Who are the communist party members?
    pigs
  40. Who is the PRAVDA?
    Squealer
  41. Who does Snowball represent?
    Trotsky
  42. What does Animal Farm's flag look like?
    white hoof and horn on a green background
  43. What medals are awarded to Boxer, Snowball, and the dead sheep?
    Animal hero first and second class
  44. What is an ideal society?
    utopia
  45. When is Snowball superficially wounded?
    Battle of the Cowshed
  46. What does cheating at cards at the end of the book represent?
    That pigs are now masters at human corruption
  47. pretext
    excuse
  48. ratified
    confirm, approve
  49. manifestly
    obviously, explicit
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Animal Farm
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