Animal Farm Class Competition

1. Animal Farm Class Competition

2. RULES • Sit with your Book Club and have an answer order. You cannot change the order. • Only 1 person may answer the question. NO HELP from the Book Club! • I will show the question and correct answers win points. Speed does not matter! • If your answer is WRONG, you lose points. • If blank, you lose 2 points.

3. POINTS • ROUND 1- 1 point answers • ROUND 2 – 2 point answers • ROUND 3 – 3 point answers • Incorrect answers – MINUS round point • Blank Answers – always MINUS 2 points

4. ROUND 1

5. Question 1 • What is the one theme of Animal Farm that we went over in class?

6. ANSWER • The abuse of power.

7. Question 2 • Who does Napoleon represent?

8. Answer • Joseph Stalin

9. Question 3 • Who does Mr. Jones represent?

10. Answer • Czar Nicholas the Second

11. Question 4 • Who said, “Never mind the milk, comrades! That will be attended to. The harvest is more important.”

12. Answer • Napoleon

13. Question 5 • Where was Stalin born?

14. Answer • Gori, Georgia

15. Question 6 • Which of the following committees is not really in Animal Farm? • A. Egg Production Committee • B. The Re-education Committee • C. Windmill Leadership Committee • D. Clean Tails League

16. Answer • C – There is no Windmill Leadership Committee

17. Question 7 • Complete the rest of the poem… “Then they came for me, and ___ _____ ____ no one was left to ________ ___.”

18. Answer • “Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.”

19. Question 8 • How many stanzas are in the song Beasts of England?

20. Answer • 7 stanzas

21. Question 9 • Who said the following: “I have no wish to take life, not even human life.”

22. Answer • Boxer

23. Question 10 • Who does Boxer represent?

24. Answer • Boxer represents the Proletariat or the working class of Russia.

25. ROUND 2

26. Question 11 • Who says the following: “Will there be sugar after the Rebellion?”

27. Answer • Mollie

28. Question 12 • What does the last commandment change into?

29. Answer • “All animals are equal but some are more equal than others.”

30. Question 13 • What does commandment #4 say?

31. Answer • No animal shall sleep in a bed.

32. Question 14 • Which of the following is NOT true about Martin Niemoller? • He was a church pastor. • He was a strong supporter of Hitler throughout his lifetime. • He was almost executed. • He wrote a cautionary poem about speaking up.

33. Answer • B

34. A. Question 15 – Which one is Stalin? B. C. D.

35. Answer • C.

36. ROUND 3

37. Question 16 • Name the the third symbol that is represented in Animal Farm. • Animal Farm itself • The Windmill and…

38. Answer • The barn.

39. Question 17 • Who says, “Comrades! You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege?”

40. Answer • Squealer

41. Question 18 • Fill in the rest of Old Major’s speech: “Our lives are miserable, laborious and short. _____ is the only creature that consumes without producing. Whatever goes upon two legs is an _______. Whatever goes upon ______ legs or has wings is a friend.”

42. Answer • Man • Enemy • Four

43. Question 19 • How old was Old Major when he died?

44. Answer • 12 years old

45. Question 20 • Who does Old Major represent?

46. Answer • Karl Marx

47. BONUS ROUND

48. Bonus #21 • What was Old Major’s official name?

49. Answer • WILLINGDON BEAUTY

50. Bonus #22 • Where was Old Major buried?