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81 Cards in this Set
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Who’s owns manor Farm? What problem does he have? |
Mr. Jones owns manor farm Mr. Jones has a drinking problem |
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Who is Old Major? |
Old Major is a show pig |
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Why does Old Major assemble the animals |
To tell them about his dream |
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Describe life on the farm for the animals. How is this type of life similar to that led by farm laborers who work on someone else’s land |
The animals and laborers are both mistreated, face harsh conditions, and are being used |
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What political idea in Russian history does Old Major represent? |
Old Major represents communism and the figures Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. |
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What political idea in Russian history does Jones correspond |
Jones corresponds with Czar |
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Who are the three main pigs |
Squealer-Propaganda Napoleon-Stalin Snowball-Trotsky |
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What do the three main pigs represent? |
Squealer represents propaganda, Napoleon represents Stalin, and Snowball represents Trotski. |
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The pigs formulate the teaching of Old Major into a system of thought. What is it called and to what does it correspond? |
Animalism, Animalism corresponds with communism |
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What problems are encountered as the animals begin to discuss the coming rebellion |
Some animals are worried about food and they don’t want to give up things like sugar and ribbons |
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To whom does Mollie correspond |
The White Russians |
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What problems does the Raven(Moses) cause? |
He creates a belief in a “heaven/afterlife” that conflicts with rebellion |
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Why is the rebellion so easily accomplished |
The animals outnumber Jones and his men |
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What two leaders emerge after the rebellion |
Snowball and Napoleon |
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What is done with the farm house |
The farmhouse is turned into a museum |
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How well did the animals work together and why |
They worked very well together, they finished the harvest 2 days faster than Jone’s men. |
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Are the animals equal? Describe any “classes” or ranking of animals |
Not exactly, their retirement ages are different and the pigs do not help with the harvest but instead just give orders |
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What shows that there are already problems in the leadership of the new government |
The pigs are giving themselves privilege unfair to other animals despite being “equal” |
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Who among the workers is the most admired and why |
Boxer, Boxer is the most hardworking animal on the farm but he isn’t very intelligent |
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To what do you think the hood and horn on the flag correspond |
The animal flag corresponds with the USSR flag |
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Who was taking the milk |
The pigs were taking the milk |
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Who was sent to explain why the pigs were using the milk? Why did they take the milk? |
Squealer was sent to explain why the pigs were using milk, the pigs took the milk so they could mix it it in to their mash |
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Name one of the arguments that he used to explain why the milk was going to the pigs |
Squealer argued that milk and apples were vital for the pigs health. That without the pigs being in good health Jone’s would return and regain control. |
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How did Napoleon and snowball spread the news of the rebellion to the animals on neighboring farms |
They spread the news by pigeons going to different farms and telling what happened |
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Did Pilkington and Frederick offer to help Jones at first |
No, they all don’t like each other |
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How did they(Pilkington and Frederick) react to their own animals singing “beasts of england” |
It angered and frightened them |
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What name was given to the battle in which Jones and his friends tried to retake Animal Farm |
It was named the Battle of The Cowshed |
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Where was Mollie during the battle(battle of cowshed) |
Mollie was hiding in a pile of hay during the battle |
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Where did snowball learn his battle techniques |
He learned from a old book about Julius Caesar’s campaigns. |
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Why did Snowball give the sound for retreat |
Snowball gave the sound of retreat to lead the humans into a ambush |
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What makes Boxer seem particularly human and love-able |
He feels remorse about killing a human and even cries. Remorse, sympathy, and guilt which are common human traits |
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What does Snowball tell Boxer that shows Snowball him to be ruthless |
Snowball tells Boxer that war is war and “the only good human being is a dead one” |
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Name two human rituals/traditions that the animals used to celebrate their victory(Battle of Cowshed) |
Raise their flag Sing beats of England |
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If Mollie was a person what would she be like |
She would be narcissistic and spoiled person. She would also be unfaithful |
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To what does the power struggle between Napoleon and Snowball relate historically |
Stalin and Trotski |
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What idea did snowball have to improve conditions on the farm |
Snowball wanted to construct a windmill to provide electricity to the farm, meaning less work and more comfort |
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The animals divided into two factions. What slogans did they come up with? |
Snowball- “Vote for Snowball and the three day week” Napoleon-“Vote for Napoleon and the full manger” |
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At the meeting about the windmill, Snowball begins to win over the animals. A) what does Napoleon do about this? B) What happens to Snowball? C) What event does this relate to historically? |
A) Napoleon calls a pack of dogs to kill Snowball B) Snowball is chased out and exiled from the farm C) The exile of Tradski |
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Look against at the Seven commandments, which one is no longer in effect(After snowball’s exile) |
Commandant 7. All animals are equal |
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A) Name one change that is made after snowball is exiled B) Who is it that convinces the animals that Napoleon was actually helping them |
A) Sunday meeting would be no more and debates would stop B) Squealer |
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What phrase always stopped any arguments from the animals |
“You don’t want Jones to come back do you?” |
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What is ironic about the animals working on the windmill on Sundays |
The Sunday work is optional but if they don’t work their food rations are cut in half |
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Why was the windmill so hard to build |
They had to drag boulders up the quarry |
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Without who would the windmill have been impossible to build |
Boxer |
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What did Napoleon tell the hens about giving up their eggs |
They should welcome this sacrifice because it is a special contribution towards the windmill |
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How is snowball used as a scapegoat |
Napoleon blamed snowball for the windmill falling |
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What habit have the pigs adopted that bothers the animals, clover the most |
The pigs have started living in the farmhouse and sleeping in the bed |
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Which commandment is changed and how (Post farmhouse and bed) |
The fourth commandment is changed from “No animal shall sleep in a bed” to “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets” |
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What are the original seven commandments |
1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy 2. Whatever goes upon for legs, or has wings is a friend 3. No animal shall wear clothes 4. No animal shall sleep in a bed 5. No animal shall drink alcohol 6. No animal shall kill any other animal 7. All animals are equal |
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What is causes the (first) destruction of the windmill |
A big storm but Napoleon says Snowball knocked it over |
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How do the hens protest the sacrifice of their eggs? How does Napoleon retaliate against the hens? |
They broke their eggs and stayed in the shafts of the roof Napoleon stops their rations and prevents anyone from giving them food or they’ll be killed |
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What information does Napoleon give about snowball |
I’m the night snowball was sabotaging the farm and steals food from the animals |
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What does Napoleon say about snowball in the battle of the cowshed(post exile) |
Napoleon says that snowball has been plotting with jones the whole time, that he was trying to get them defeated at the battle of the cowshed. |
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What do the confessions of the animals symbolize and which of the seven commandments does the execution violate |
It represents The Blood Purges of 1930 and it violates the 6th commandment “No animal shall kill other animals” |
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How does boxer respond to the executions and will his actions change anything? |
He is in shock and believes that the solution is to work harder and his actions will not change anything |
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Why are the animals forbidden from singing beasts of England? What threat does the song pose to animal farm? |
The rebellion is over so it is no longer needed because they have defeated all their enemies. It threatened a rebellion against Napoleon. |
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What commandment has been changed(post execution) |
The sixth commandment has been changed |
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How have the animals lives changed since the rebellion |
They get executed by dogs and have less freedom than when they were with Jones |
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Why did no one “care to mention” recalling a commandment about animals killing other animals in the hearing of the pigs or dogs |
They were in shock and stayed silent out of fear of being executed |
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How has the sixth commandment been changed |
From “No animal shall kill any other animal” to “No animal shall kill any other animal without cause” |
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Squealers Sunday morning revelations of the increased production figures is a good example of what? |
It’s an example of faulty cause and effect reasoning propaganda |
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What technique causes the animals to give Napoleon all of the credit for all of the good things accomplished on the farm and why are the animals so vulnerable to this technique |
Propaganda, they are vulnerable to propaganda because they aren’t as intelligent as the pigs and they are very gullible |
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What we’re the animals told about snowballs medals(post execution) |
That snowball never received medals and he was a coward who lied about his part in the battle |
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What made the animals fear and hate Frederick |
He does terrible things to animals and he treats them very poorly |
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What problems occurred with the wood deal and what does the wood deal represent |
The bank notes were faked and this represents the USSR and Germany betrayal |
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How did the animals feel about the destruction of the windmill and how did the pigs renew their spirits |
They felt rage, but squealer raised their spirits by reminding them of their victory |
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Who for the first time is beginning to feel old |
Boxer |
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What Vice have the pigs adopted and what commandment is this against |
They have adopted alcohol as a Vice and it is against the The fifth commandment |
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What made Squealer announce that Napoleon was dying |
They were hung over from drinking |
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Why did Napoleon plough up the retired animal grazing ground |
To sow it with barley |
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What is the connection between Squealers fall from the ladder and the change in the fifth commandment |
Squealer changes the commandment and falls because he is hung over/drunk which is against the fifth commandment, the one he was changing |
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Why did Eric Blair change his name to George Orwell |
Eric Blair changed his name to George Orwell because it was anti-establishment |
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A summary of George Orwell’s life |
George was born into a “upper lower middle class” family. At the age of 1 he moved to England where he attended a private school at 8. After not getting a scholarship he joined the police and then quit to write. Then he died 11/21/1950 from tuberculosis at the age of 46 |
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Five significant milestones in George Orwell’s life |
1922- George joins the Indian Imperial Police, a couple of years later he leaves to pursue writing. 1933- Eric Arthur Blair changes his name to “George Orwell”. 1934- George Orwell writes his first novel “Burmese Days”. 1944- George Orwell began writing “Animal Farm” 1945-1949 - George Orwell began writing “Nineteen Eighty Four” in 1945, he published the novel in 1949. |
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Capitalism |
An economic system in which private citizens own land, property, and business; characterized by a free competitive market motivated by profit |
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Communism |
A type of government in which a single party holds power and the government controls the economy; classes are abolished and property is commonly controlled by the “whole” |
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Czarist Government(also Tsarism or Tsarist Autocracy |
A system of government in which a Czar has absolute power and authority, including religious issues |
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Democracy |
A type of government ruled by the people by means of elected officials |
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Republic |
A form of government in which the head of state is not a monarch, and the citizens elect representatives; most often, a republic is a sovereign country |
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Socialism |
An economic system in which the head of state is not a monarch, in which production and distribution are controlled by a majority of citizens are paid by the work done rather than by need |
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Totalitarianism |
A government system in which a single party rules without opposition over political, economic, social, cultural life; this type of government sees no limit to its rule, and strives to control all aspects of its citizens, including personal and private means through restriction, mass surveillance, and terrorism |
