Attached is the novel "Animal Farm" Please read and answer questions

1.How does the description of the first appearance of Old Major reflect his importance to the farm, the animals, and the rebellion?



2.What is significant about how the animals arrange themselves as they gather to hear Major? What might this arrangement say about future meetings or events?



3.According to Major, what is the cause of all the animals’ problems?



4.What motto does Major give the animals?



5. What does Benjamin mean, when he says instead of a tail to keep flies away he "would sooner have had no tail and no flies"?



6. What are the products of labor the animals are forced to give to the humans listed in Animal Farm Chapter 1, and how do these losses affect the animals?



7. Examine the song “Beasts of England” as poetry, the anthem of rebellion. What imagery is present? What is the message? Why is this song important to the animals and why do they like it so much that they memorize it on the spot? To what emotions and needs does it appeal?