Animal Farm Test

Samuel Esteban Sanchez Medina

1. What historical person does Napoleon represent?

Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin.
2. What historical person does Mr. Jones represent?
Mr. Jones represents Czar Nicholas II.
3. What historical person does Snowball represent?
Snowball represents Lev Trotsky.
4. Which pig explains Napoleon’s decisions to the other animals to make the decisions
seem beneficial or wise?
The persuasive Squealer.
5. What is the name of the song Major gives the animals?
Beasts of England.
6. What is the wording of the last of the Seven Commandments at the start of the
book?
All animals are equal.
7. What is the wording of the last of the Seven Commandments at the end of the book?
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.
8. What two words are later added to the commandment “No animal shall sleep in a
bed” by the pigs?
No animal will sleep in a bed with sheets.
9. What chant are the sheep taught to continually repeat at the end of the book?
"Four legs good, two legs better."
10. What is Animal Farm renamed by the pigs in the end?
Manor Farm.
11. Explain who Major is (as well as the historical figure he symbolizes) and what at
least two of his basic teachings are.
Major is an old pig who thinks he is wise and intelligent because of his
advanced age. In a meeting of animals, he told them that men were exploiting
them and ending what they produced such as milk, eggs, their children and
even their own lives, since as soon as they grew a little they put them to work
until death. Furthermore, he urged them to prepare to rebel against humans.
 This character represents Karl Marx, a German socialist philosopher who said
that there were only two classes in the world, the exploiting class and the
exploited class. The only solution for these two classes to become one common
was a rebellion promoted by the exploited class, thus generating a communist
society.
12. Explain who Moses the raven is (and what he symbolizes), and what two of his
basic teachings are, along with how what he teaches contradicts Animalism.
Moses is a gossiping and talkative raven who came to the farm to talk to other
animals. Although he did not work, the pigs gave him a ration of beer every
day. It was Jones' favorite animal. In his gossip he said that a little above the
clouds there was a place where the animals went when they died, where they
did not have to work any day of the week, he also said that there the food did
not have to be grown or prepared, but rather it was always ready to eat. His
teachings go against Animalism since they distract animals from the earthly
objectives of the revolution, promoting resignation in the face of current
injustice instead of seeking concrete changes. This character represents an
organized religion.
13. Explain how Squealer justifies the expulsion of Snowball. Also, explain how
Napoleon uses the absent Snowball as a scapegoat, so that Napoleon does not have to
take responsibility for his own mistakes and weaknesses as a leader.
When Napoleon expelled Snowball from the farm to assume ultimate authority,
the persuasive Squealer justified this expulsion by claiming that Snowball
posed a threat to Animalism and that it was dangerous to continue with him
because he still maintained relations with Jones, conspiring with him to
undermine Animal Farm and return it under Jones's control. Napoleon blamed
the absent Snowball for all the misfortunes that occurred on the farm, such as
when the windmill collapsed or when the crops were damaged. Each time
Napoleon became aware of the damages, he would blame Snowball to instill
hatred towards the absent Snowball in the other animals.
14. Discuss Boxer as a tragic character. Explain who he is, his two mottoes, and his
attitude towards the Revolution. Show how the definition of a tragic figure—someone
who is virtuous, just, and noble, and who is destroyed, not by a sin on his part, but by
a flaw or an error in judgment—applies to his life and death.
Boxer is the hardest working horse on the farm, and he does it willingly,
showing sacrifice and cooperation. He has a motto to encourage him to work
harder when he feels down, "I will work harder", and another to make sure that
what Napoleon says, does or orders is correct, "Comrade Napoleon is always
right". Boxer ardently supports the Revolution, for when there is a battle
against humans, he fights on the front line with all his might regardless of the
risk to his own life. In addition, he gets up before the other animals to start his
work and contribute a little more to the improvement of the farm as in the
construction of the windmill that although it was destroyed twice, Boxer was
not discouraged regardless of the cold, hunger, fatigue or the weight of the
 years and helped again with greater interest and good attitude that he
maintained until the last day of his work. His hard work and dedication, despite
the abuses and injustices of Napoleon, caused him the illness that finally led to
his death.
15. Discuss how the situation for the majority of the animals at the end is basically
the same or worse than it was under Jones. Identify at least two initial benefits and
promises the animals receive after the pigs assume leadership. How are the pigs able
to extract themselves from these agreements? Explain how the pigs are slowly able to
assume tyrannical powers over the other animals.
At the end of the story, the situation of the majority of the animals was worse
than when they were under Jones's rule. While they were previously oppressed
by a superior race, humans, now they were being oppressed by their own
kind—the pigs. The pigs, who initially motivated them to revolt against the
humans, ended up treating the animals just like Jones did: exploiting them,
giving them little food, and keeping the best for themselves. Thus, the pigs
violated the first commandments they established, later modifying them to
justify their mistakes and misconduct. An example of this is how the pigs
promised equality of conditions to the other animals on the farm but ended up
sleeping in beds, eating the best food without working for it, and protecting
themselves from cold or heat inside the house. They also promised freedom
and autonomy but ended up forcing the animals to work and accept what the
leading pigs decreed, without allowing them to reproach or protest against the
injustices. They used Squealer to convince the other animals that the decisions
made were the best for the farm with his persuasive words. Additionally, they
employed large, fierce dogs to intimidate the other animals, preventing them
from daring to criticize unjust decisions.