Please answer each of the following questions completely and by re-stating each question in the answer.  Be sure to give examples from the book where appropriate.  This assignment is worth 20 points and is due on Thursday.

Chapter 7

 How does Napoleon deal with the rebellion of the hens?

 Why did the hens rebel?

What is the irony in the above situation?

What comment is there to be made about human nature in relation to the exchange between Comrade Napoleon and Boxer?

What do the animals do after the bloody scene in front of the farmhouse?  What are their feelings about what happened? 

Why is the song “Beasts of England” deemed no longer appropriate by Squealer?  What is sung in its place?

Chapter 8

How is Napoleon’s behavior at this point in the book similar to that of a dictator?  Give specific examples from the book.

 How are the animals able to defeat Frederick’s armed forces?

Why does Squealer report that Napoleon is dying?  What is the reaction of the animals?

What animal is able to make the connection between Squealer’s acts and the commandments?

Why does Benjamin refuse to read the Sixth Commandment when Clover asks him to?

What kind of person might Benjamin represent?

Chapter 9

What might Boxer’s death represent in the scheme of Revolution?

Why do the pigs allow Moses to return to the farm and provide them with food?

Why is it impossible for Boxer to kick his way out of the van?  What awaits him instead of the promised retirement?

How are Old Major’s comments to Boxer in Chapter One prophetic?

Where is the irony in the pigs’ celebration banquet that honors Boxer?

Chapter 10

Although the farm has prospered, who are the only animals to benefit from it?

Paraphrase Benjamin’s philosophy on life, located on pg. 130.

What comments does this make about revolution in general, perhaps according to Orwell?

What are some of the ways in which the pigs have acquired human habits?

What final Commandment is left for the animals? 

What final dramatic point does Orwell make regarding old v. new rulers after Napoleon declares that Animal Farm will return to the old name, Manor Farm?