chapter 8

Cards (70)

  • What does the commandment now read after the executions?
    No animal shall kill any other animal without cause
  • How do the animals react to the change in the commandment?
    They blame their faulty memories
  • What do the animals do throughout the year despite suffering?
    They work hard to rebuild the windmill
  • What does Squealer do to convince the animals about their conditions?
    He reads statistics proving conditions are better
  • What title has Napoleon taken for himself?
    Leader
  • What has Minimus done in praise of Napoleon?
    Written a poem inscribed on the barn wall
  • What lies unused on the farm from Mr. Jones' days?
    A pile of timber
  • Who does Napoleon negotiate with for the sale of timber?
    1. Frederick or Mr. Pilkington
  • How do the pigs manipulate the animals' feelings towards Mr. Frederick and Mr. Pilkington?
    They teach the animals to hate the opposing farmer
  • What happens when Mr. Frederick is ready to buy the timber?
    The pigs teach the animals to hate Mr. Pilkington
  • What maxim does Napoleon adopt against Mr. Frederick?
    Death to Frederick!
  • What shocking news do the animals learn about the timber sale?
    1. Frederick pays with forgeries
  • What do the animals do when Mr. Frederick attacks Animal Farm?
    They drive the men away
  • What is the outcome of the attack on the windmill?
    The windmill is blown up by dynamite
  • Who sustains a serious injury during the attack?
    Boxer
  • How do the animals feel after the attack?
    They are disheartened but later cheered up
  • What do the pigs find in the farmhouse basement?
    A crate of whisky
  • What have Napoleon and Squealer done to the truth?
    They have systematically perverted the truth
  • What did Karl Marx theorize was necessary during a revolution?
    A dictatorship of the proletariat
  • What happens after the pigs consume the whisky?
    They look bleary-eyed and sick
  • What would take second place during Marx's prescribed revolution?
    Democratic freedoms
  • What do the animals suspect about Napoleon after the whisky incident?
    That he may be dying
  • How did Stalin and his colleagues use Marx's theories?
    As justification for violent actions
  • What do the animals discover about the commandment regarding alcohol?
    It reads "No animal shall drink alcohol to excess"
  • What did the Stalinist government alter regarding work and compensation?
    Equal work and equal compensation ideals
  • Who did the Stalinist government favor in their policies?
    The politically and militarily powerful
  • How do the animals react to the change in the alcohol commandment?
    They blame their memories for being faulty
  • What moment in the novella illustrates the government's machinations?
    When Squealer rewrites the law on the barn
  • What was the response of the working classes in Russia to the government's actions?
    No significant popular revolt occurred
  • How did the animals respond to the government's actions?
    They showed no signs of rebellion
  • What does Minimus’s poem reveal about the animals' attitude toward the regime?

    It shows their largely uncritical attitude
  • How does Orwell characterize the poem in terms of its emotional tone?
    It is outrageously inflated and tastelessly sentimental
  • What do the animals do in response to the poem?
    They allow it to speak for them
  • What literary techniques does Orwell use in the poem?
    Irony and satire of patriotic rhetoric
  • What contributes to the humor in the poem?
    Its combination of high and low language
  • What does the phrase “Fountain of happiness!” signify in the poem?
    It praises Napoleon in an exaggerated manner
  • What does the phrase “Lord of the swill-bucket!” imply about Napoleon?
    It highlights the triviality of his rule
  • What does the poem suggest about life under Napoleon?
    It glorifies it while emphasizing its triviality
  • What do the creatures love according to the poem?
    A full belly and clean straw
  • What are the key themes presented in Minimus's poem?
    • Uncritical acceptance of authority
    • Irony in patriotic expressions
    • Humor through language contrast
    • Triviality of life under oppression