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Animal Farm Unit Test
Directions – Answer the following questions on the answer sheet provided. You will
have the entire period to finish this test. Once you have finished, please turn the test
over and find something to work on for the remaining time of the period.
1. Why would Animal Farm best be considered an allegory?
a) The story is not realistic
b) It is a story about unhappy animals
c) It is a comparison to a country’s government
d) It is about human behavior
2. What is Animal Farm an allegory for?
a) World War I
b) World War II
c) The Russian Revolution
d) The Civil War
3. Why would Animal Farm also be considered a fable?
a) It is an extended metaphor
b) The story ridicules society
c) The story is not realistic
d) The story features animals that speak
4. Why are the animals upset with Mr. Jones?
a) He will not spend time with them
b) He is too nice to them
c) He is mean and will not feed them
d) He is often away from the farm
5. Why does Old Major call a meeting with the other animals of the farm?
a) To inform the animals about his dream
b) To tell the animals to work harder
c) To tell the animals to sing more
d) To inform the animals how nice humans are
6. What is the message of Old Major’s meeting with the animals?
a) The animals need to listen to what Mr. Jones says
b) The animals must leave the farm
c) The animals must eat more food
d) The animals must rebel against the humans
7. What is the significance of “Beasts of England?”
a) It is a poem that praises Napoleon
b) It is a poem that praises Snowball
c) It is a song that speaks of rebellion
d) It is a song that speaks of happiness
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8. What happens once Old Major dies?
a) The animals mourn and return to work
b) The animals revolt against Mr. Jones and the humans
c) The animals leave the farm for other work
d) The animals sing all of the time
9. What do the animals want to happen with the news of their rebellion?
a) Keep it bottled-up within the farm
b) Let the word spread to all of the farms
c) Just tell a few other animals on other farms
d) Nothing
10. What is the name of the tenets the animals create for themselves?
a) Animalism
b) Communism
c) The Commandments
d) “Rules of Equality”
11. Who takes control of the animals once Old Major dies?
a) Snowball and Napoleon
b) Napoleon
c) Boxer
d) Snowball
12. What is the purpose of the Commandments?
a) To make specific animals more important than others
b) To spread the word of equality amongst all animals
c) To make an allusion to religion
d) To keep humans better than animals
13. What form of propaganda does Napoleon typically use?
a) Card-stacking
b) Assertion
c) Band-wagon
d) Fear
14. How are the lives of the animals during the first year of living on their own?
a) The animals are starving and are working 60 hours a week
b) The animals are working hard and are happy with their lives
c) The animals want the humans to return to the farm
d) The animals want to leave the farm because of the conditions
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15. Who is the original hero of the Battle of the Cowshed?
a) Boxer
b) Snowball
c) Napoleon
d) Mollie
16. Who originally came up with the idea to build a windmill?
a) Boxer
b) Snowball
c) Napoleon
d) Mollie
17. What does Boxer constantly say throughout the novel?
a) “The work is too hard”
b) “Animals Unite!”
c) “I must work harder”
d) “I like ribbons”
18. What is the symbolic significance of the Battle of the Cowshed?
a) Hitler’s invasion of Russia
b) The Russian Civil War
c) The happiness of the citizens
d) The invasion of England by Russia
19. What theme begins to show itself halfway through the novel?
a) Education is a bad thing for Communism
b) Those who have poor memories cannot be easily manipulated
c) Those who gain power quickly become corrupt
d) Class stratifications happens everywhere in the world
20. What happens when Snowball and Napoleon disagree?
a) Snowball is asked to leave the farm
b) Napoleon and Snowball decide that it is best for Snowball to leave the
farm
c) Snowball is forced to leave the farm by Napoleon’s dogs
d) Snowball happily leaves the farm
21. What animal on the farm is the skeptical one?
a) Benjamin
b) Boxer
c) Moses
d) Snowball
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22. What rule does Napoleon change once Snowball is gone?
a) The pigs begin drinking whiskey
b) The pigs begin walking on two legs
c) The pigs begin trading with humans
d) The pigs begin sleeping in the beds
23. Who enjoys “spreading the news” to the other animals?
a) Napoleon
b) Moses
c) Squealer
d) Boxer
24. What happens to Mollie the Mare?
a) She is killed during the Battle of the Cowshed
b) She is butchered by Napoleon
c) She is killed during the Battle of the Windmill
d) She is lured away from the farm with sugar-lumps
25. Why does Napoleon decide to later build the windmill?
a) He decides that the windmill will not be useful
b) He realizes that busy animals will not think to revolt
c) He realizes that busy animals will think to revolt
d) Pigs really admire windmills
26. Who is blamed for everything that goes wrong on Animal Farm?
a) Napoleon
b) Humans (Mr. Jones)
c) Snowball
d) Mollie
27. 29. Who does Napoleon use to make his changes to the farm throughout the
novel?
a) himself
b) The dogs
c) Squealer
d) Moses
28. Napoleon begins to change the Commandments during his rule. How does the
fifth Commandment read after he changes it?
a) No animal shall drink
b) No animal shall drink alcohol
c) No animal shall drink alcohol in excess
d) No animal shall drink alcohol in excess except for pigs
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29. Why is the song “Beasts of England” banned from the farm?
a) The song is a happy song and the animals don’t need to be happy
b) The song is an unhappy song and the animals don’t need to be sad
c) The song ridicules Napoleon, their respected leader of the farm
d) The song speaks of rebellion, and Napoleon doesn’t want them to
rebel
30. What is the symbolic significance of the Battle of the Windmill?
a) It represents the Russian Civil War
b) It represents Hitler’s invasion of Russia
c) It represents World War I
d) It represents Russia invasion of England
31. What group of animals become brainwashed-followers of Napoleon?
a) The sheep
b) The cows
c) The horses
d) The ducks
32. What new Commandment replaces all of the former Commandments?
a) “Four legs good, two legs better”
b) “Two legs good, four legs better”
c) “All animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than
others”
d) “All animals are equal, but the pigs are the best”
33. What would be considered a theme of the novel?
a) Socialism is a good thing for governments
b) Having a dictator is a good thing for citizen of a country
c) Those who lack a strong memory can be manipulated with ease
d) Education is not important for having a strong society
34. What do the animals realize at the final dinner?
a) The animals’ and humans’ faces are the same
b) They are actually free animals
c) The pigs are starving along with the animals
d) Squealer is actually in charge of the farm
35. What role does Mr. Whymper play in the novel?
a) He brings Napoleon whiskey
b) He takes care of the money from Animal Farm
c) He is Mr. Jones’s friend
d) All of the above
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36. What name does the farm take at the end of the novel?
a) Animal Farm
b) Manor Farm
c) The Pig Farm
d) Banner Farm
37. What are we led to believe will happen to the lives of the animals at the end of
the novel?
a) The animals’ lives will get better
b) The animals will not starve anymore
c) The animals will leave the farm for a better life
d) The animals’ lives will get worse
Directions: Match the characters’ descriptions with the numbered characters by writing
the correct letter next to the corresponding number on the answer sheet.
38. Napoleon
39. Squealer
40. Boxer
41. Snowball
42. The Dogs
43. Benjamin
44. Mollie
A. “mouthpiece” of Napoleon; he does napoleon’s dirty
work
B. Napoleon’s scapegoat
C. Represent the apparatus of terrorism and repression
in a totalitarian state
D. The donkey who is a cynic and does not believe
anything will be different once the revolution has
come
E. Knows how to build an apparatus for controlling
others. Uses assistants more clever than he, but
knows their limitations and how to keep them in line
F. Represents the unthinking masses; shows loyalty to
the farm
G. A pleasure-loving white mare