All Animals Are Equal... But Some More Than Others Quiz

Answer: Man

Major was a Middle White boar and one of the oldest animals on the farm. He had a dream about a world without man, where all the animals would be free. Man, he claimed, was the reason animals suffered. Man overworked animals for his own betterment and produced nothing to provide for himself.

Answer: Pigs

Immediately it became clear that two pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, were the leaders. They were constantly teaching the other animals and preparing everyone for the rebellion. Whenever some of the animals needed persuading, Squealer was sent to convince them. Squealer was a small, fat pig, and he would jump from side to side when he talked, which somehow made him very persuasive.

Answer: Animalism

At first, most of the animals were apathetic to the idea of Animalism. They felt that if Jones (the farmer) were gone, they would starve to death. Many just did not want to prepare for it. But eventually the rebellion happened and all the animals agreed to work together.

Answer: Two legs were bad, four legs were good

The birds were a little upset because they walked on two legs. But the pigs consoled them by saying that man manipulated things with their hands, while a bird's wings were solely for locomotion.

Answer: Snowball and Napoleon, the two young boars

It began to seem as if one would choose the other side of the debate no matter what. Snowball was more successful at winning the vote of most of the animals, but Napoleon had the sheep and a few other animals on his side, not to mention the puppies he had taken and raised to be his secret police.

Answer: True

Just like with Communism, word of what Animal Farm had done spread quickly. This was done by having pigeons fly to all the neighboring farms to tell other animals about the revolution, who in turn sent the word to other farms. The owners of the farms, who symbolized the lazy or hardworking leaders of other countries, became nervous and tried to keep the news away from their own animals. Nevertheless, other animals learned about the rebellion and started fighting back in their own way, although never getting as far as the animals on Animal Farm.

Answer: Benjamin the donkey

Benjamin, the oldest animal on the farm, is the only one the book explicitly mentioned as never taking part in any of the debates. He refused to feel inspired by the rebellion at any point, and whenever asked his opinion, he only commented vaguely that "Donkeys live a long time." Regarding the windmill, he said "windmill or no windmill, life would go on as it had always gone on-that is, badly."

Answer: He had his trained dogs attack Snowball.

Napoleon had taken nine puppies at their birth and trained them to only listen to him. Most of the animals and four of the pigs disapproved of what Napoleon had done, but he and Squealer were able to brainwash the other animals into believing that Snowball was really bad and that Napoleon was the one who had been leading them this entire time. Also, the dogs growled whenever anyone objected.

This kept most of the animals in line.

Answer: Hens

The hens rebelled because Napoleon was forcing them to sell their eggs. Napoleon cut off all food to the hens in response to their boycott. It lasted five days, but the hens eventually gave up. Nine hens had died by then.

Answer: Snowball

It soon became common practice to blame Snowball for anything that went wrong on the farm. Many times this was used to cover up Napoleon's mistakes. It was also used to keep the animals in line and afraid. They feared that without Napoleon's leadership and protection, Snowball could come back at any moment and cause more destruction.