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 had advocated it in the beginning, and the plan
how do the circumstances in the animal farm excerpt relate to the events in the historical passage?
○ napoleon has stolen the plans for the windmill from snowball, just as stalin took his ideas for industrialization and collectivization from trotsky.
○ 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.
○ napoleon uses squealer to communicate his ideas to the animals, just as stalin used his assistants to spread propaganda to the people.
○ 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.

Explanation:

1. Analyze Option 1: The excerpt doesn't say Napoleon stole Snowball's plans. Snowball was expelled, and Napoleon now says to build the windmill with prepared plans (by pigs), so this is incorrect.
2. Analyze Option 2: The excerpt focuses on the windmill's construction (extra work, ration reduction) but not on making the farm an industrial power at any cost. Stalin's industrialization with sacrifices isn't mirrored here as the excerpt's focus is on the windmill's revival, not the farm's industrial power goal, so this is incorrect.
3. Analyze Option 3: The excerpt has Squealer explaining Napoleon's ideas (that he always supported the windmill) to the animals. Stalin used assistants for propaganda, and Squealer's role here is to spread Napoleon's narrative, matching the idea of using someone to communicate/propagandize, so this is a match.
4. Analyze Option 4: The excerpt says the windmill (with improvements) will take two years, not a five - year plan. Stalin's five - year plans aren't mirrored here as the time frame and the plan structure don't match, so this is incorrect.

Answer:

C. Napoleon uses Squealer to communicate his ideas to the animals, just as Stalin used his assistants to spread propaganda to the people.