Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will see how Napoleon and Squealer take advantage of the naïve animals and manipulate them to believe everything they say.

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5 Questions

Q1.
What was the Great Purge also known as?
The Great Dissent
The Great Expulsion
The Great Scare
Correct answer: The Great Terror
Q2.
Who led the Great Purge?
Lenin
Napoleon
Correct answer: Stalin
Trotsky
Q3.
What happens to Snowball?
Snowball gets the support of all the animals.
Snowball is asked to leave the farm.
Correct answer: Snowball is chased from the farm by the dogs.
Snowball runs away.
Q4.
Who instructed the dogs to chase Snowball?
Boxer
Correct answer: Napoleon
No-one; they decided to chase him by themselves.
Squealer
Q5.
Who does Napoleon represent in the allegory of the Russian Revolution?
Correct answer: Stalin
The Communists
Trotsky
Tsar Nicolas II

5 Questions

Q1.
What is propaganda? (More than one correct answer)
Correct answer: Ideas or statements that are mostly false or exaggerated.
Correct answer: Ideas or statements that are spread to help a political leader or government.
Ideas or statements which force people to do things.
Ideas or statements which lie to people.
Q2.
If you are naive, you are unintelligent.
Correct answer: False
True
Q3.
Who is the main pig to use propaganda in the story?
Napoleon
Snowball
Correct answer: Squealer
Q4.
Which animal responds by saying 'If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right?'
Correct answer: Boxer
Squealer
The dogs
The sheep
Q5.
What do the dogs do to help Squealer?
Chase any dissenting animals off the farm.
Correct answer: Growl at the animals to make them accept Squealer's explanation.
Help him write his speech.
Stand next to him and look threatening.

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