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Animal Farm

George Orwell

Study Guide

Summary
Characters
- Character List
- Napoleon
- Snowball
- Boxer
- Squealer
- Old Major
- Mr. Pilkington
- Benjamin
Main Ideas
- Themes
- Plot Analysis
- Protagonist
- Antagonist
- Setting
- Motifs
- Symbols
- Genre
- Allusions
- Style
- Point of View
- Tone
- Foreshadowing
- Key Facts
- Are some animals more equal than others?
Quotes
- Important Quotations Explained
Further Study
Writing Help

Further Study

Chapter 6 Quiz

Further Study Chapter 6 Quiz

1 of 5
Why is it so hard for the animals to build the windmill?

There's a saboteur who keeps knocking it down.
They can only break stone by pulling it up a hill and dropping it back down.
They don't know how to do it now that Snowball is gone.
Boxer is injured and he was the strongest and hardest working of them all.

2 of 5
How does Napoleon plan to get supplies the animals can't make?

Steal from humans
He decides they can do without anything they can't make themselves.
Trade with humans
Ask humans for help

3 of 5
Who is Mr. Whymper?

A door-to-door salesman who accidentally gets killed by Napoleon's dogs
The judge who orders the animals to give up control of the farm
A farm owner and neighbor of Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Frederickson
The solicitor Napoleon hires

4 of 5
Where do the pigs move to?

Into town
Mr Whymper's place
Into the farmhouse
Into the loft above the barn where the puppies were

5 of 5
How does Napoleon explain the storm that knocks down the windmill?

He says the forces of nature will always be stronger than them.
He says the traitor Snowball knocked down the windmill.
He blames the animals on the farm for it and promises they will be punished.
He blames Mr. Jones.

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