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Animal Farm, Part 1: Satire Answers

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Which story is the best example of a satire?

a story in which a character refuses to throw away a broken pen and uses it despite its limitations, where the pen stands for the love of his father

a cruel ruler who is obsessed with fashion one day finds that his clothes have been replaced with potato sacks

a story in which a selfish, ornery fox realizes, with the help of a bumblebee, that he can gain more from being kind than from being forceful

a story in which a silly dog constantly gets into compromising circumstances, such as getting stuck in the back of a truck with a pair of cats

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What is the best definition of allegory?

a story in which animals act the opposite of how one would expect

a piece of literature that uses humor to show human weaknesses

a piece of literature that takes place in a magical, imaginary world

a story in which the characters and events symbolize human truths

Which statements describe elements or characteristics of a typical fable? Select three options.Fables typically use exaggeration.Fables are typically short.Fables typically have animal characters.Fables typically teach a lesson.Fables typically use ridicule.

Fables typically use exaggeration.

Fables are typically short.

Fables typically have animal characters.

Fables typically teach a lesson.

Fables typically use ridicule.

Read the passage from chapter 1 of Animal Farm.As soon as the light in the bedroom went out there was a stirring and a fluttering all through the farm buildings. Word had gone round during the day that old Major, the prize Middle White boar, had had a strange dream on the previous night and wished to communicate it to the other animals. It had been agreed that they should all meet in the big barn as soon as Mr. Jones was safely out of the way. Old Major (so he was always called, though the name under which he had been exhibited was Willingdon Beauty) was so highly regarded on the farm that everyone was quite ready to lose an hour's sleep in order to hear what he had to say.At one end of the big barn, on a sort of raised platform, Major was already ensconced on his bed of straw, under a lantern which hung from a beam.

“Word had gone round during the day that old Major, the prize Middle White boar, had had a strange dream on the previous night.”

“Old Major (so he was always called, though the name under which he had been exhibited was Willingdon Beauty) . . .”

“[Old Major] was so highly regarded on the farm that everyone was quite ready to lose an hour's sleep in order to hear what he had to say.”

“On a sort of raised platform, Major was already ensconced on his bed of straw, under a lantern which hung from a beam.”

Read the passage from chapter 1 of Animal Farm."I have little more to say. I merely repeat, remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. And remember also that in fighting against Man, we must not come to resemble him. Even when you have conquered him, do not adopt his vices. No animal must ever live in a house, or sleep in a bed, or wear clothes, or drink alcohol, or smoke tobacco, or touch money, or engage in trade. All the habits of Man are evil. And, above all, no animal must ever tyrannise over his own kind. Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers. No animal must ever kill any other animal. All animals are equal."

He uses parody to reveal the cruelness of communist leaders.

He uses ridicule to make fun of the beliefs of revolutionaries.

He uses parody to make the working class seem silly.

He uses exaggeration to make communism appear too simplistic.

Read the passage from chapter 1 of Animal Farm.Unfortunately, the uproar awoke Mr. Jones, who sprang out of bed, making sure that there was a fox in the yard. He seized the gun which always stood in a corner of his bedroom, and let fly a charge of Number 6 shot into the darkness. The pellets buried themselves in the wall of the barn and the meeting broke up hurriedly. Everyone fled to his own sleeping-place. The birds jumped onto their perches, the animals settled down in the straw, and the whole farm was asleep in a moment.

“the uproar awoke Mr. Jones, who sprang out of bed”

“Everyone fled to his own sleeping-place.”

“making sure that there was a fox in the yard”

“let fly a charge of Number 6 shot into the darkness”

Which excerpt from chapter 1 of Animal Farm is an example of indirect characterization?

“Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together.”

“He was twelve years old and had lately grown rather stout, but he was still a majestic-looking pig, with a wise and benevolent appearance.”

“She took a place near the front and began flirting her white mane, hoping to draw attention to the red ribbons it was plaited with.”

“Benjamin was the oldest animal on the farm, and the worst tempered. He seldom talked, and when he did it was usually to make some cynical remark.”

Which excerpt from chapter 1 of Animal Farm is an example of direct characterization?

“The two cart-horses, Boxer and Clover, came in together, walking very slowly and setting down their vast hairy hoofs with great care lest there should be some small animal concealed in the straw.”

“Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together. A white stripe down his nose gave him a somewhat stupid appearance.”

“Clover made a sort of wall round them with her great foreleg, and the ducklings nestled down inside it and promptly fell asleep.”

“Last of all came the cat, who looked round, as usual, for the warmest place, and finally squeezed herself in between Boxer and Clover; there she purred contentedly throughout Major's speech without listening to a word of what he was saying.”

Read the passage from chapter 1 of Animal Farm.The two horses had just lain down when a brood of ducklings which had lost their mother filed into the barn, cheeping feebly and wandering from side to side to find some place where they would not be trodden on. Clover made a sort of wall round them with her great foreleg, and the ducklings nestled down inside it and promptly fell asleep.

She is anxious.

She is timid.

She is protective.

She likes ducklings.

Study the timeline of Russian history, and read the passage from chapter 1 of Animal Farm."Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings? Only get rid of Man, and the produce of our labour would be our own. Almost overnight we could become rich and free. What then must we do? Why, work night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race! That is my message to you, comrades: Rebellion!"Which event most likely influenced the writing of this passage?

the 1905 massacre of people who were protesting their poor living conditions

the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, which was inspired by the ideals of Lenin

the development of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by Lenin in 1922

the collectivization of agriculture by the Communist Party in Russia in 1928

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