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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Old Major wish to share with the other animals in Chapter 1?

2. In what state does Mr. Jones head to bed at the beginning of the story?

3. Who disagrees with Snowball's idea of how to create power on the farm?

4. How do the animals celebrate the fact that no humans remain on the farm?

5. What do the animals change the sign which says "Manor Farm" to say?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Old Major says is the result of being enslaved by mankind?

2. What are the Seven Commandments on which Animalism is based?

3. What do the animals do on Sundays, according to Chapter 3?

4. Who begins to organize the revolution in Chapter 2?

5. What happens between Napoleon and Snowball in Chapter 5?

6. What do the arguments between Napoleon and Snowball cause?

7. What do you think happened to Mollie?

8. Who is left totally in charge of the farm at the end of Chapter 5?

9. To Old Major, who is the only creature who consumes without producing?

10. Who emerges as the true leader of the farm by Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how propaganda is used throughout this novel to change the views of the animals. Then compare that to the use of propaganda in today's society.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining how you think things might have been different on the farm had Snowball not been driven off by the Napoleon and the dogs. Use specific events from the story and show how they might have been different had Snowball been in charge at that time.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout this story, the author uses personification. Write an essay describing how the pigs in particular, became more and more human as the story progressed. Use specific examples from the novel to support your position.

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