Animal Farm
Chapters 1-4 Worksheet #1
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Reading Check
1. Who is the enemy, according to old Major, and why?
2. What slogan does Snowball create to sum up Animalism?
3. What reason does Napoleon give for taking away Jessie and Bluebell’s puppies?
4. Why do Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Fredrick not help Mr. Jones when he is first expelled?
5. How is news of the animal rebellion at Manor Farm spread to animals on other
farms?
6. How do Snowball and boxer earn the award, “Animal Hero, First Class”?
First Thoughts
7. What images in the song, “Beast of England” do you find most inspiring and stirring?
8. What connotation (associations and emotional overtones) does the use word
comrade have for you?
9. Orwell adds to his characterization of Mollie each time she appears. What are the
pretty white mare’s human character traits, and how does Orwell reveal them?
10. What resistance to the idea of rebellion do the pigs encounter in Moses the raven?
What elements of society might Moses and his message symbolize?
11. In a fable, characters are often animals that think and act like humans. What human
behavior do the animals indulge in to celebrate expelling Jones? What human trait
is exhibited when they bury the hams found in the farmhouse?
12. How does Orwell foreshadow the pigs’ decision not to share the milk with the rest of
the animals?
13. Satire is a literary form that ridicules human shortcomings, events, and institutions
in an attempt to bring about change. Explain the satire behind Snowball’s
committees.
14. What causes Mr. Jones, along with men from Pilkington’s and Frederick’s farms, to
try to conquer Animal Farm?
15. Critics praise Orwell for his kill in adding dimension to the animals by
characterizing them the both human and realistic animal traits. Considering your
understand of or experience with cats, what animal traits do you see in Orwell’s
presentation of the cat?