Animal Farm Test

1. George Orwell's use of animals as main characters in Animal Farm makes the novel a _____________.

A) Fable
B) Satire
C) Fairy Tale
D) Allegory
E) Fiction

2. At the beginning of the novel, the wise and respected boar _______, encourages the animals to rebel.

A) Boxer
B) Squealer
C) Snowball
D) Napoleon
E) Old Major

3. Initially, two pigs emerge as potential leaders and establish a set of principles collectively known as the

A) Five Rules
B) Seven Commandments
C) Eight Loyalties
D) Ten Commandments
E) Six Amendments

4. Initially, some of the animals can't understand or remember the initial set of rules, so they are reduced to one essential phrase:

A) Long live the animals
B) Long live Napoleon
C) Four legs good, two legs bad.
D) I must work harder
E) Farmer Jones was terrible

5. The first pig to walk on two legs

A) Squealer
B) Old Major
C) Pinchfield
D) Moses
E) Snowball

6. A character who is narcissistic (self-absorbed) and lazy; relies on humans and enjoys the "luxuries" they provide

A) Mollie
B) Whymper
C) Foxwood
D) Boxer
E) Benjamen

7. A character that repeats slogans without thinking about what they mean or their consequences

A) Boxer
B) The Chickens
C) Clover
D) Squealer
E) Moses

8. Which character mirrors the acts of Joseph Stalin?

A) Snowball
B) Farmer Jones
C) Napoleon
D) Pinchfield
E) Old Major

9. Which character mirrors Karl Marx?

A) Squealer
B) The Dogs
C) Napoleon
D) Snowball
E) Old Major

10. What person/people does Mollie seem to most closely mirror?

A) The Russian Upper Class
B) The Russian Royalty
C) The British Royalty
D) The Russian Media
E) The Russian Lower Class

11. Orwell once said in a letter, "The turning-point of the story was supposed to be when the pigs kept the milk and apples for themselves." Why is this a turning point in the novel?

A) This is the only time that the pigs take the best for themselves.
B) This is the only time that the pigs lie to the animals
C) This is the pigs' first abuse of power, and the animals do nothing about it.
D) This is the first time since the rebellion that the animals go hungry.
E) This is the most tense part in the story.

12. Which set of words most accurately describes the common animals as a group?

A) Hard-working, literate, aggressive
B) Lazy, illiterate, informed
C) Lazy, educated, aggressive
D) Hard-working, illiterate, gullible
E) Hard-working, literate, informed

13. Which of the following best describes Napoleon's view of education?

A) Napoleon values and encourages literacy for all animals on the farm.
B) Napoleon dismisses education because he fears that an educated work force would become lazy.
C) Napoleon laments the animals' illiteracy and wishes that they took education more seriously.
D) Napoleon's education of the young animals is more accurately described as indoctrination.

14. What is the significance of the pigs' strong resemblance to humans at the end of the novel?

A) The resemblances suggests that all humans are greedy and lazy.
B) The resemblance suggests that both pigs and humans cheat at card games.
C) The resemblance suggests that both pigs and humans use their intelligence to oppress other animals.
D) The resemblance suggests that the pigs have become the corrupt oppressors that they once rebelled against.

15. Which of the following was NOT a wording change under Napoleon's leadership?

A) Drinking to excess
B) Four legs good, two legs better
C) I will work much harder
D) All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others
E) Sleeping in a bed with sheets

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