Animal Farm Short Answer Questions

Front 1

List three of the seven commandments. Which of these do you fell is most important? Why?

Back 1

All animals are equal No animal shall kill any other animal No animal shall drink alcohol All animals are equal because no animal is better than another they should all be treated equally.

Front 2

According to Old Major at the beginning of the novel, what is the source of all the animal's problems? What is the event that causes the animals to finally rebel. Describe the battle.

Back 2

all of the animal's porblems come from humans, Mr. Jones specifically. Farmer Jones goes drinking and forgets t0o feed the animals. The animals revolt against Farmer Jones and they drive him off. There very few animal casualities

Front 3

Why are the pigs chosen as the leaders of the farm. Once the pigs are leaders, how do they contribute to the actual work of the farm? What is the first commandment they break?

Back 3

The pigs are chosenas leaders because they know how to read. The pigs don't help at all with the work- they just supervise. The first commandment they break is sleeping in beds, but they break many others. Since they are leaders, no one questions them.

Front 4

Describe Boxer's character using examples of things he does in the book. (e.g. she is funny because she tells a lot of jokes). What happenes to him?

Back 4

Boxer is hardworking because he constantly does work alone and beyond what he needs to at the farmHe also is devoted to following rules He gets injured. The pigs sell him to a glue factory

Front 5

Why are the animals so fooled by the additions to the rules? How do the pigs trick them, and whatr types of changed do they make to the rules?

Back 5

The animals can't read, so they aren't positive the pigs have changed the rules, They just add to the rules- they don't take anything away. The rules change in such ways as- " no animal will sleep in a bed with sheets." Even if the other remember it differently, they can't read.

Front 6

Descrive the typical attributes of a dictator and how Napoleon proves himself to be like any other dictator. How does having the animals stop singing "Beasts of England" play into this description?

Back 6

Dictators crave total power, and they demand absolute obedience. Napoleon is the same way and he even kills those that go against him. The animals loved to sing "Beasts of England," but Napoleon made them stop. He said it was a song of rebellio0n and they no longer needed to rebel. He takes their rights away.

Front 7

What are Napoleon and Snowball's opinions on the windmill at first? After Snowball is run off, what happens with the windmill? When it is torn down, why does Napoleon insist on rebuilding so quickly?

Back 7

Napoleon is against the windmill, and Snowball wants to build it. It is ruined by Napoleon, Who blames Snowball and has him run off. Once it's down, Napoleon insists they rebuild as quickly as possible. He doesn't want to appear weak to the humans.

Front 8

Explain the following quoteL "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others." Also explain what the animals meant by not being about to tell the difference between the pigs and men at the end of the book.

Back 8

This is a quote the pigs use to explain why they get better items/treatment than the other animals. they want everyone to believe they're all equal, but since their stuff is better, they are more equal. By the end of the book, the pigs act exactly like the humans. No one can tell the differnece because they act/dress the same.

Front 9

Why do the animals confess themselves as traitors? What do the hens do when Napoleon wants to sell their eggs? Why do the animals avoid standing up to Napoleon?

Back 9

The animals Confess they're traitors because they're scared of Napoleon. They are rweally scared of doing anything wrong under the new laws, so they confess. The hens revolt by dropping their eggs high from the rafters, and Napoleon kills them. If you stand up to Napoleon or call yourself a traitor, you die.