Question

Read the excerpt from Animal Farm.

That evening Squealer explained privately to the other animals that Napoleon had never in reality been opposed to the windmill. On the contrary, it was he who had advocated it in the beginning, and the plan which Snowball had drawn on the floor of the incubator shed had actually been stolen from among Napoleon's papers. The windmill was, in fact, Napoleon's own creation. Why, then, asked somebody, had he spoken so strongly against it? Here Squealer looked very sly. That, he said, was Comrade Napoleon's cunning. He had seemed to oppose the windmill, simply as a maneuver to get rid of Snowball, who was a dangerous character and a bad influence. Now that Snowball was out of the way, the plan could go forward without his interference. This, said Squealer, was something called tactics. He repeated a number of times, "Tactics, comrades, tactics!" skipping round and whisking his tail with a merry laugh. The animals were not certain what the word meant, but Squealer spoke so persuasively, and the three dogs who happened to be with him growled so threateningly, that they accepted his explanation without further questions.

Which aspects of Russian history does the passage most reflect? Select three options.


the corruption of those in power

propaganda spread to induce confusion

the isolation of the tsars from the people

the rebellion of the people

Stalin's attempt to expand industry

Answer 1

A,B,E

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct answers are: the corruption of those in power, propaganda spread to induce confusion, Stalin's attempt to expand industry. I just took took the test

Answer 2

The correct answers are: the corruption of those in power, propaganda spread to induce confusion, Stalin's attempt to expand industry.

Indeed, when Napoleon (Stalin) starts pretending that he had originally thought of Snowball’s (Trotsky) windmill and that he only opposed it on tactic grounds this is clear example of the propaganda techniques the real Stalin used to completely discredit Leon Trotsky and ban him from the Soviet Union. The windmill represents the Five Year Plans for the national economy of the Soviet Union. Initially, Stalin opposed them, but later on he supported them and pretended that they were his creation. The Russian people were very confused by all this infighting and Stalin not only got them confused with all his falsifications, he also provided them with a simple version that they could cling to in order to have some understanding of the reality around them (propaganda). He also used this propaganda to get Leo Trotsky removed from power and banned from the Soviet Union.

Finally, the Soviet society was divided between an official, privileged nomenclature of apparatchiks that enjoyed far more power and standards of living that any regular Soviet citizen. The system eventually became as corrupt as the previous czarist system they had overthrown. Regular citizens were under rationed food and supplies while the Soviet elites were feasting on the riches produced by the Soviet people.