Question

Read the excerpt from Animal Farm and the passage

on the history of the Soviet Union.
On the third Sunday after Snowball's expulsion, the
animals were somewhat surprised to hear Napoleon
announce that the windmill was to be built after all. He
did not give any reason for having changed his mind,
but merely warned the animals that this extra task
would mean very hard work, it might even be
necessary to reduce their rations. The plans, however,
had all been prepared, down to the last detail. A special
committee of pigs had been at work upon them for the
past three weeks. The building of the windmill, with
various other improvements, was expected to take two
years.
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
Mark this and return
How do the circumstances in the Animal Farm excerpt
relate to the events in the historical passage?
a) Napoleon has stolen the plans for the windmill from
Snowball, just as Stalin took his ideas for
industrialization and collectivization from Trotsky.
b)Napoleon wants to make the farm an industrial
power, just as Stalin wanted to make the Soviet
Union an industrial power no matter the sacrifices.
c) Napoleon uses Squealer to communicate his ideas
to the animals, just as Stalin used his assistants to
spread propaganda to the people.
d) Napoleon sets forth a five-year plan to build the
windmill, just as Stalin launched several five-year
plans to build up industry and agriculture in the
Soviet Union.

Answer 1

b) Napoleon wants to make the farm an industrial power, just as Stalin wanted to make the Soviet Union an industrial power no matter the sacrifices.

The excerpt from Animal Farm describes Napoleon's decision to build the windmill and the hard work and sacrifices that would be required to achieve this goal. Similarly, the historical passage discusses Stalin's efforts to rapidly industrialize the Soviet Union, often at the expense of the people's well-being. Both Napoleon and Stalin aimed to transform their respective societies into industrial powers, even if it meant imposing difficult conditions on the population.