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Animal Farm Chp 1&2
English IV
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Scullery | A small kitchen or room in the back of a house |
| mincing | walking or strolling formally |
| tyranny | a dictatorship or ruling where one person controls all |
| dissentients` | someone who agrees with a majority opinion |
| enmity | feeling against something or someone |
| The animals who gather to hear Major's speech each mirror a single human trait. What trait is revealed in Clover? | motherly |
| The animals who gather to hear Major's speech each mirror a single human trait. What trait is revealed in Boxer? | beast - strong and loyal |
| The animals who gather to hear Major's speech each mirror a single human trait. What trait is revealed in Benjamin? | worst tempered, cynical, old and wise |
| The animals who gather to hear Major's speech each mirror a single human trait. What trait is revealed in Mollie? | pretty white mare vane and self-absorbed |
| The animals who gather to hear Major's speech each mirror a single human trait. What trait is revealed in the cat? | very lazy, played both sides of the fence |
| The animals who gather to hear Major's speech each mirror a single human trait. What trait is revealed in the dog? | intelligence |
| Who owns Manor Farm? | Mr & Mrs. Jones |
| What problem does he have? | Drunkard |
| What is the political statement that emerges from Major's dream? | He says all animals will rebel because all people are evil. Man, overworks animals and doesn''t feed them |
| Who is Old Major? | A pig on the farm |
| Why does Old Major assemble the animals? | To tell them of a dream he had about a rebellion |
| What is Major's warning to the animals? | To never treat animals badly and treat them equally |
| pre-eminent | famous, outstanding |
| expounded | explained or discussed in detail |
| spinney | a small, wooded area with undergrowth |
| unalterable | not capable of being changed |
| Who are the three main pigs? | Snowball, Napolean, Squealer |
| The pigs formulate the teachings of Old Major into a system of thoughts. What is it called? | animalism |
| The animals encounter a couple of problems as they begin to discuss the coming rebellion. Name one of them | Many animals can't understand the principles of animalism. |
| What two leaders emerge after the rebellion? | Napolean and snowball |
| What is done with the farmhouse? | taken over; preserved as a museum with no life inside |
| What have the pigs been doing for the past three months? | Teaching themselves to read and write from an old spelling book and planning a rebellion. |
| Who came up with the seven commandments? | Snowball |
| What seems funny about the woirkig condiitons after the rebellion? | The animals still have to work |
| Who was taking the milk? | The pigs |
| Who was sent to explain why the milk was being used by the pigs? | Squealer |
| Name one of the arguments he used to explain why the milk was going to the pigs | We pigs are the brains of the farm, the maintenance of the pigs' brains and health is critical to keep Farmer Jones away: We pigs are brainworkers. |