Animal Farm Test Study Guide
Test Date: October 27th, 2015
Multiple Choice – Basic Plot
Identify the neighbors surrounding Animal Farm Frederick (his farm is Pinchfield) = Hitler and Pilkington
(his farm is Foxwood) = governments like US and England.
What battles are fought by the animals? What are some specific details about those battles? Battle of Cowshed
and The Battle of the Windmill.
The animals believe that it will
signify their independence from man and less work in the future. However, it truly
represents the pigs’ manipulation of the other animals for their own gain.
What is important about the windmill? What does it represent for the animals?
Describe Mollie (who is she? What kind of animal is she? What does she like?) Female horse who craves
human attention. She has a difficult time with the new life on Animal Farm. She loves sugar
cubes and ribbons. Other animals look down on her for this.
Mr. Jones is driven to drink because he lost
a lawsuit. While he is binge drinking, he lets his men become lazy. They all forgot to feed the
animals. So, the cows break into the store shed and begin to eat. Mr. Jones and his men
discover them and begin to whip the animals. The animals turn on the men and attack them.
They chase them away from the farm.
What are the specific details of the rebellion? What happens?
He promises a pasture for them to retire
to and to live out their lives. He eventually plows the land instead to grow barley instead.
What does Napoleon do for the retired animals? What happens?
What is the final fate of Mr. Jones?
Dies in a home for alcoholics
FOUR LEGS GOOD, TWO LEGS BAD….eventually
becomes FOUR LEGS GOOD, TWO LEGS BETTER
What maxim do the sheep continue to repeat?
Event Sequencing
Be able to put a selection of ten events in order from the beginning to the end of the story. Select the important events
throughout the chapters to help remember key events.
Consider possibilities like:
Animals learn the Beasts of
England first before learning the maxim (which is four legs good, two legs bad).
Which was first? The animals learn Beasts of England or the maxim was created?
Multiple Choice – Russian Revolution
You will be asked to match the character, event, or place from Animal Farm to its Russian Revolution counterpart.
Animal Farm Soviet Union
Napoleon Stalin
Old Major – Karl Marx
Snowball
Leon Trotsky
Boxer – The working class
The Windmill – The Five year plan
Farmer Jones
Czar Nicholas
Dogs KGB/Military/Police
Logical Fallacies in Animal Farm
CHECK LOGICAL FALLACIES PACKET FOR DEFINITIONS OF THE CONCEPTS BELOW
Be able to identify different logical fallacies examples from the novel.
Define the following logical fallacies:
1. Hasty Generalization –
2. Red Herring –
3. False Dilemma –
4. Appeal to Pity –
5. Poisoning the Well –
6. Circular Logic -
Animal Farm – In-depth Novel Questions
Be able to define Allegory and Fable. Does Animal Farm qualify as an allegory or fable? Or both?
What do the lyrics of the Beasts of England emphasize?
What happens when the animals first take over Manor Farm? Describe the events that immediately followed the
revolution.
What does Old Major advocate for in his speech?
What is Napoleon’s view on education?
What is significant about the pigs by the end of the novel? What is this telling the reader?
What effect does the rebellion at Animal Farm have on other farms in England?
Animal Farm – Short Answer Responses
You will be asked to respond to at least 5 questions in short answer format. Answers must be in complete sentences and
demonstrate understanding. Students must use details and describe their responses to prove a solid understanding of
the question and the answer.
Possible topics:
The Seven Commandments of Animalism
Power and Corruption
Education/Lack of Education
Russian Revolution and its connection to Animal Farm
Specific characters and who they are/how it impacted them in the story