Animal Farm by George Orwell
Station 1
Test Review
Reading Comprehension
a) Identify the key ideas in Old Major’s speech.
b) Why did the first battle of the Rebellion happen so spontaneously?
c) At the start of the Rebellion, who took charge of the defensive campaign and why?
d) Why did the pigs teach themselves to read and write?
e) List the battles and their outcomes.
f) Why were the animals always victorious in battle?
g) Orwell uses the theme of education for what purpose?
Station 2
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Test Review
Vocabulary Match
____ vanity
a) working class, general public
____ cynical
b) negative, doubtful
____ proletariat
c) middle class
____ capitalism
d) pride, arrogance
____ dictator
e) belief in perfection
____ pessimistic
f) private ownership; free market
____ bourgeoisie
g) distrustful, skeptical
____ idealism
h) ruler, tyrant
How do these words relate to the ideas and characters in
Animal Farm?
Station 3
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Test Review
Irony/Slogans
a) Create a short, but meaningful definition of irony in general.
b)What is ironic about Boxers statement, “It must be due to some fault in ourselves”?
c)What is the ultimate irony in the actions of the pigs?
d) Identify the irony in the animals as a whole.
e) Describe the irony of the troubles on the farm.
f) How does the usage of the following slogans, actually hinder the animals success of
running the farm?
Four legs good, two legs bad!
Napoleon is always right.
I will work harder.
Long Live Animal Farm!
Station 4
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Test Review
Fable/Quotations
a) Create a short, but meaningful definition of the word fable.
b) What makes Animal Farm a fable?
c) What is the purpose of a fable?
d) Why would Orwell use the fable format to tell his story?
e) Identify the speaker of the following quotations and then explain the
significance and meaning to the overall story.
“You don’t want Jones back do you?”
“Our leader, Comrade Napoleon …has stated categorically-categorically,
comrade,-that Snowball was Jones’ agent from the very beginning.”
“Fools! Fools! Do you not see what is written on the side of that van?”
Station 5
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Test Review
Historical Figures
Re-read the Introducing the Novel handout in your notebook. Use this information
to match the fictional character to the most accurate historical figure below.
____ Farmer Jones
a) general public
____ Old Major
b) Great Britain
____ Napoleon
c) Trotsky
____ Snowball
d) Russian Orthodox Church
____ Squealer
e) Karl Marx
____ Boxer/Clover
f) Old Russian Aristocracy
____ Mollie
g) workers; working class
____ sheep
h) Czar Nicholas II
____ Moses
i) Germany
____ Pilkington
j) Stalin
____ Frederick
k) Government/Propaganda Agent
Station 6
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Test Review
The Russian Revolution of 1917
Use your phones to research and create a two-sided timeline showing how the events in Animal
Farm parallel historical events. Make sure to use the website below and fill in the missing
information.
http://www.shmoop.com/animal-farm/old-major-dream-karl-marx-communist-manifestosymbol.html
Animal Farm
Old Major’s Dream
Fall of Mr. Jones
Battle of Cowshed
The Windmill
Napoleon’s Initiative
The Hen Rebellion
Frederick’s Scheming
The Battle of the Windmill
Boxer’s Death
The Final Feast
Date
Russian Revolution
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Station 7
Test Review
Chapters/Notebook Check
Name the Chapters according to the key ideas in each. Use only one to three
words in the title.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Use my notebook, as well as those of your group’s, to review your own. Make sure
you have no loose papers; everything is in order; and all activities are complete.
Make a list of any missing handouts and/or activities: