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Journal, Part 1: Animal Farm
The questions in this Journal Assignment
cover readings in Lessons 1–4 of the Animal Farm unit (Chapters 1–5 of the
text). You will probably want to wait until after Lesson 4 before you answer
these questions, but you should keep the questions in mind as you work on
Lessons 1–3.
Total score: ____ of 50 points
(Score for Question 1: ___ of 6 points)
1.
Reread “Beasts of
England.” Find an example of the negative situation the song describes, the
vision of hope for the future it communicates, and the potential foreshadowing
it contains.
Answer:
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(Score for Question 2: ___ of 6 points)
2.
Return to Chapter 1 to find
at least two examples of human characteristics that are attributed to the
animals on the farm.
Answer:
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(Score for Question 3: ___ of 5 points)
3.
What is a potential problem
in reducing the Commandments to “Four legs good, two legs bad”?
Answer:
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(Score
for Question 4: ___ of 8 points)
4.
Even without the pigs
promoting themselves, there are differences among the animals. What are some of
the differences and what do they suggest about human society? How does a
society try to create equality among people who are very different from one
another?
Answer:
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(Score
for Question 5: ___ of 6 points)
5.
At the end of Chapter 3,
the narrator says that all is well, but then lists numerous ways that things
were imperfect. What might these imperfections suggest and foreshadow?
Answer:
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(Score for Question 6: ___ of 6 points)
6.
After the Battle of the
Cowshed, the animals are in a near frenzy of excitement. Name at least three
things they do after the Battle.
Answer:
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(Score for Question 7: ___ of 8 points)
7.
How do the animals respond
to the conflict between Napoleon and Snowball? How is this similar to the way
humans behave in political situations?
Answer:
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(Score for Question 8: ___ of 5 points)
8.
What is the danger of
Boxer’s response to the pigs’ orders and explanations?
Answer:
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