chapter 2

• Who dies three nights after the beginning of the story?

  Old Major
• What do the animals secretly prepare to do after Old Major's death?

  Wrest control of the farm from Mr. Jones
• Which animals are primarily responsible for teaching and organizing the others?

  The pigs
• Who are the two main pigs involved in organizing the animals?

  Napoleon and Snowball
• What is the name of the philosophy formulated by the pigs?

  Animalism
• How do the animals refer to each other as they prepare for the Rebellion?

  Comrade
• What concern does Mollie express about the new utopia?

  Her enjoyment of luxuries like sugar and ribbons
• What does Snowball tell Mollie about ribbons?

  They symbolize slavery and must be abolished
• Who is the pigs' most troublesome opponent?

  Moses, the raven
• What does Moses tell the animals about Sugarcandy Mountain?

  It is a place of pleasure where animals go when they die
• How do the pigs respond to Moses's teachings?

  They work hard to convince the animals it's false
• Who helps the pigs prime the animals for revolution?

  Boxer and Clover
• How does the Rebellion occur?

  It happens earlier than expected and easily
• What causes Mr. Jones to neglect the animals?

  His drinking after losing money in a lawsuit
• What action do the cows take when they are hungry?

  They break into the store shed to eat
• What happens when Mr. Jones discovers the cows' transgression?

  He begins to whip the cows
• How do the animals react to Mr. Jones and his men?

  They turn on and attack them
• What do the animals do after driving Mr. Jones away?

  They destroy signs of their subservience
• What do the animals do to celebrate their success?

  Enjoy a double ration of corn and sing
• What do the animals find in the farmhouse?

  Unbelievable luxuries
• What do the animals decide to do with the farmhouse?

  Preserve it as a museum
• What do the pigs reveal to the other animals?

  They have taught themselves how to read
• What do Snowball and Napoleon change the farm's name to?

  Animal Farm
• What do the pigs paint on the barn?

  The seven key commandments of Animalism
• What happens when the cows are not milked for some time?

  They begin lowing loudly
• What does Napoleon tell the animals about the milk?

  It will be “attended to”
• What does Snowball lead the animals to do after the milk incident?

  He leads them to the fields to harvest
• What happens to the milk when the animals return from the fields?

  The milk has disappeared
• What parallels are drawn between the Russian Revolution and Animal Farm?

  Precise parallels emerge by the second chapter
• What does Manor Farm represent in Animal Farm?

  Russia under tsarist rule
• Who does Mr. Jones represent in Animal Farm?

  Tsar Nicholas II
• Who does Old Major symbolize in the context of the Russian Revolution?

  Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin
• How does Old Major's speech relate to Marx's writings?

  It bears similarities to the Communist Manifesto
• What do the animals of Manor Farm represent?

  The workers and peasants of Russia
• Which characters embody the working class in Animal Farm?

  Boxer and Clover
• What traits do Boxer and Clover represent?

  Hard work, loyalty, and manipulation susceptibility
• Who do the pigs represent in Animal Farm?

  The intelligentsia of the Russian Revolution
• What role does Squealer play in Animal Farm?

  He creates propaganda for the pigs
• Who does Moses represent in Animal Farm?

  The Russian Orthodox Church
• How does Moses weaken the peasants' revolutionary spirit?

  By promising a utopia in the afterlife