Animal Farm Study Guide

1. In Animal Farm, Orwell criticizes primarily which world leader?

• Joseph Stalin
• Vladimir Lenin
• Adolf Hitler
• Leon Trotsky

2. Orwell completed Animal Farm during what international conflict?

• World War II
• The Cold War
• The Russo-Japanese War
• The Great War

3. Animal Farm is best described as a cautionary tale against

• communism
• totalitarianism
• Marxism
• National socialism

4. Animal Farm fits all of the following genres except

• satire
• fable
• farce
• allegory

5. In what armed conflict did Orwell participate voluntarily?

• the Red Terror
• the Spanish Civil War
• the February Revolution
• the French Congo Uprising

6. Orwell played all of the following roles during World War II except

• secret police agent
• propagandist
• war correspondent
• member of the Home Guard

7. Which of the following is true of Orwell?

• he never married
• he was a poor student
• he died before the age of 50
• he embraced luxury

8. Before Animal Farm, Orwell was known primarily as a(n)

• teacher
• soldier
• member of the bourgeoisie
• essayist

9. Orwell's other extremely successul novel is called

• The Master and Margarita
• Nineteen Eighty-Four
• Brave New World
• Harrison Bergeron

10. In what year did the Russian Revolution occur?

• 1905
• 1917
• 1924
• 1939