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Animal farm
chapter 8
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What does the commandment now read after the executions?
No animal shall kill
any other animal without
cause
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How do the animals react to the change in the commandment?
They blame their
faulty
memories
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What do the animals do throughout the year despite suffering?
They work hard to rebuild the
windmill
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What does Squealer do to convince the animals about their conditions?
He reads
statistics
proving conditions are better
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What title has Napoleon taken for himself?
Leader
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What has Minimus done in praise of Napoleon?
Written a
poem
inscribed on the barn wall
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What lies unused on the farm from Mr. Jones' days?
A pile of
timber
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Who does Napoleon negotiate with for the sale of timber?
Frederick
or
Mr. Pilkington
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How do the pigs manipulate the animals' feelings towards Mr. Frederick and Mr. Pilkington?
They teach the animals to hate the opposing farmer
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What happens when Mr. Frederick is ready to buy the timber?
The pigs teach the animals to hate
Mr. Pilkington
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What maxim does Napoleon adopt against Mr. Frederick?
Death to Frederick!
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What shocking news do the animals learn about the timber sale?
Frederick
pays with forgeries
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What do the animals do when Mr. Frederick attacks Animal Farm?
They
drive
the
men
away
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What is the outcome of the attack on the windmill?
The windmill is blown up by
dynamite
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Who sustains a serious injury during the attack?
Boxer
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How do the animals feel after the attack?
They are
disheartened
but later
cheered
up
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What do the pigs find in the farmhouse basement?
A crate of
whisky
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What have Napoleon and Squealer done to the truth?
They have
systematically
perverted the truth
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What did Karl Marx theorize was necessary during a revolution?
A dictatorship of the
proletariat
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What happens after the pigs consume the whisky?
They look
bleary-eyed
and sick
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What would take second place during Marx's prescribed revolution?
Democratic
freedoms
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What do the animals suspect about Napoleon after the whisky incident?
That he may be
dying
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How did Stalin and his colleagues use Marx's theories?
As justification for
violent
actions
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What do the animals discover about the commandment regarding alcohol?
It
reads
"
No animal shall drink alcohol to excess
"
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What did the Stalinist government alter regarding work and compensation?
Equal work
and equal compensation ideals
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Who did the Stalinist government favor in their policies?
The politically and militarily
powerful
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How do the animals react to the change in the alcohol commandment?
They blame their memories for being
faulty
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What moment in the novella illustrates the government's machinations?
When
Squealer
rewrites the law on the barn
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What was the response of the working classes in Russia to the government's actions?
No significant
popular revolt
occurred
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How did the animals respond to the government's actions?
They showed no signs of
rebellion
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What
does Minimus’s poem reveal about the animals' attitude toward the regime?
It shows their largely uncritical attitude
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How does Orwell characterize the poem in terms of its emotional tone?
It is outrageously
inflated
and tastelessly sentimental
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What do the animals do in response to the poem?
They allow it to speak for them
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What literary techniques does Orwell use in the poem?
Irony
and
satire
of
patriotic rhetoric
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What contributes to the humor in the poem?
Its
combination
of
high
and
low
language
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What does the phrase “Fountain of happiness!” signify in the poem?
It praises
Napoleon
in an exaggerated manner
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What does the phrase “Lord of the swill-bucket!” imply about Napoleon?
It
highlights
the
triviality
of
his
rule
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What does the poem suggest about life under Napoleon?
It glorifies it while emphasizing its
triviality
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What do the creatures love according to the poem?
A
full belly
and
clean straw
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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
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