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Key learning points
- 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
Q2.
Who led the Great Purge?
Lenin
Napoleon
Trotsky
Q3.
What happens to Snowball?
Snowball gets the support of all the animals.
Snowball is asked to leave the farm.
Snowball runs away.
Q4.
Who instructed the dogs to chase Snowball?
Boxer
No-one; they decided to chase him by themselves.
Squealer
Q5.
Who does Napoleon represent in the allegory of the Russian Revolution?
The Communists
Trotsky
Tsar Nicolas II
5 Questions
Q1.
What is propaganda? (More than one correct answer)
Ideas or statements which force people to do things.
Ideas or statements which lie to people.
Q2.
If you are naive, you are unintelligent.
True
Q3.
Who is the main pig to use propaganda in the story?
Napoleon
Snowball
Q4.
Which animal responds by saying 'If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right?'
Squealer
The dogs
The sheep
Q5.
What do the dogs do to help Squealer?
Chase any dissenting animals off the farm.
Help him write his speech.
Stand next to him and look threatening.