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Which historical circumstance most likely influenced the writing of this passage?
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
agriculture and farming under the reign of the Romanovs, when there was food for the rich
tyranny during Stalin’s dictatorship, in which he distorted the tenets of communism
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"Tyranny during Stalin’s dictatorship, in which he distorted the tenets of communism."
Explanation: the passage (presumably from Animal Farm) is an allegory of the Soviet Union under Stalin—Napoleon represents Stalin, Snowball represents Trotsky, the purges, propaganda, and rewriting of history mirror Stalin’s distortion of communist ideals. The other options (Lenin’s idealized communism, World War II battlefield/famine, or the Romanov era) don’t fit the specific themes of totalitarian control and betrayal of the revolution depicted.
Explanation: the passage (presumably from Animal Farm) is an allegory of the Soviet Union under Stalin—Napoleon represents Stalin, Snowball represents Trotsky, the purges, propaganda, and rewriting of history mirror Stalin’s distortion of communist ideals. The other options (Lenin’s idealized communism, World War II battlefield/famine, or the Romanov era) don’t fit the specific themes of totalitarian control and betrayal of the revolution depicted.
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