3A-3B Unit 5: Future Ingenuity December 2022

Animal Farm
Chapter 1: Worksheet
Exercise A
Link the characters to the descriptions

1. Benjamin a) A white goat

2. Old Major b) He is awoken by the animals singing the rebellious song
3. Clover c) Their names are Bluebell, Jessie, and Pincher
4. Mr Jones d) He spends a lot of time with Benjamin, grazing with him in a paddock
5. Boxer e) He was exhibited under the name ‘Willingdon Beauty’
6. The dogs f) He is the worst-tempered animal on the farm
7. Muriel g) During the meeting she sits down next to Boxer

Exercise B
Identify the themes that are explored in Chapter 1 of Animal Farm

Revolution and corruption The effects of age Totalitarianism Robots and ethics

Romance and tragedy Language as power Science vs Religion Class warfare

Exercise C

Identify if the statements are true or false

1. Benjamin, the wisest animal, addresses everyone in the old barn. True/False
2. The dogs and pigs are the last animals to enter the old barn. True/False
3. Old Major is not on the same visual level as the other animals. True/False
4. The cat listens attentively to everything that Old Major says. True/False
5. Old Major talks about how the animals live in a state of contentedness. True/False
6. Old Major sees the animals as being equivalent to the wind in the hills. True/False
7. Old Major states that the animals have no choice but to be enslaved by humans. True/False
8. Old Major explains that humans take from the world without giving anything back. True/False
9. Old Major says that one day Boxer will be drowned by Mr Jones. True/False
10. Old Major says that the cruelty of animals is the root of all evil. True/False

Exercise D

Answer the multiple choice questions

1. What do the animals exist under?

a) A system in which they can roam around the English countryside
b) A totalitarian regime presided over by Mr Jones
c) A way of life where they can leave the farm at their leisure
d) A manner of governance that impacts on their mental health
2. During the meeting in the farm it is evident that
a) The animals mix with each other naturally
b) The dogs and the horses are deeply mistrustful of one another
c) That the dogs and pigs believe that they belong at the front
d) That the cats are deeply envious of the generous portions of food given to the pigs
3. What does the fact that a pig gives the speech indicate
a) That, quite absurdly, the laziest and fattest creatures rise to the upper echelons of society
b) That the other animals have democratically elected him as their representative
c) That only the pigs have the necessary attributes to be respected leaders
 d) That it is already established at the farm that pigs are somehow superior to other animals
4. Why does the cat go to sit between Clover and Boxer?
a) He is worried about the rats and wants them for defence
b) It is the warmest spot in the old barn
c) He doesn’t want to be seen by the other animals and thinks no one will see him there
d) It provides the best view of the platform on which Old Major is lying
5. What is the description of Mollie (page 6) supposed to represent?
a) A middle class person who is very spoilt and who has no interest in real life
b) A serious individual who is deeply invested in class warfare and fighting the system of oppression
c) A mild-mannered character who likes to discuss political issues and who is a supporter of Old Major
d) A realistic animal that does not believe the ambitions of Old Major are in any way realistic
6. When Old Major details the horrific, and murderous injustices suffered by animals, he is some ways similar
to which historical thinker?
a) Nelson Mandela
b) Karl Marx
c) Plato
d) Friedrich Nietzsche
7. What does Old Major identify as an evil in the lives of the animals
a) That they are never allowed to enjoy the fruits of their own labours.
b) That the gases emitted by the cows could exacerbate the threat already posed by climate change
c) That it is such an injustice that they are being gradually replaced by machines and processed meat
d) That they do not have the use of such things as money, with which they could liberate themselves
8. ‘All men are enemies. All animals are comrades’. What type of words does Old Major use when he speaks of
the essential difference between man and animal?
a) He uses absolutes
b) He uses comparative adjectives
c) He uses metaphors
d) He uses personification

Exercise E: Language

Identify the language and persuasvie devices used in Chapter 1 of Animal Farm

Alliteration personification rhetorical questions use of contrast rule of three

Use of absolutes metaphor simile onomatopoeia emotive language

1. ‘Yet he is Lord of all the animals.’ (page 8) ______________

2. ‘And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter’ (page 9) ______________

3. ‘With the ring of light from his lantern dancing from side to side’ (page 5) ______________

4. ‘settling down their vast hairy hoofs with great care.’ (page 6) ______________

5. ‘there she purred contently throughout Major’s speech.’ (page 6) ______________

6. ‘How many thousand gallons of milk have you given during this last year?’ (page 8) ______________

7. ‘For myself I do not grumble, for I am one of the lucky ones.’ (page 8) ______________

8. ‘But I know, as surely as I see this straw beneath my feet’. (page 9) ______________

9. ‘But no animal escapes the cruel knife in the end.’ (page 8) ______________

10. ‘our lives are miserable, laborious, and short. (page 7) ______________