Question

Read the passage from chapter 7 of Animal Farm.

If she [Clover] could have spoken her thoughts, it would
have been to say that this was not what they had aimed
at when they had set themselves years ago to work for
the overthrow of the human race. These scenes of terror
and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to
on that night when old Major first stirred them to
rebellion. If she herself had had any picture of the future,
it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger
and the whip, all equal, each working according to his
capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had
protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on
the night of Major's speech. Instead-she did not know
why they had come to a time when no one dared
speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed
everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades
torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes.
Which historical circumstance most likely influenced the
writing of this passage?
O life under the rule of Lenin's communist Russia, in
which everyone shared and prospered
the farm during World War II, when many people died
from battle as well as starvation
O agriculture and farming under the reign of the
Romanovs, when there was food for the rich
O tyranny during Stalin's dictatorship, in which he
distorted the tenets of communism

Answer 1

The historical circumstance that most likely influenced the writing of this passage is:

**Tyranny during Stalin's dictatorship, in which he distorted the tenets of communism**

The passage reflects the disillusionment of the animals on the farm, which can be seen as a commentary on the disillusionment experienced by many under Stalin's rule, where the ideals of communism were corrupt, and there was a climate of fear and oppression.