Question

read the passage from animal farm.
napoleon stood sternly surveying his audience; then he uttered a high - pitched whimper. immediately the dogs bounded forward, seized four of the pigs by the ear and dragged them, squealing with pain and terror, to napoleons feet. the pigs ears were bleeding, the dogs had tasted blood, and for a few moments they appeared to go quite mad. to the amazement of everybody, three of them flung themselves upon boxer. boxer saw them coming and put out his great hoof, caught a dog in mid - air, and pinned him to the ground. the dog shrieked for mercy and the other two fled with their tails between their legs. boxer looked at napoleon to know whether he should crush the dog to death or let it go. napoleon appeared to change countenance, and sharply ordered boxer to let the dog go, whereat boxer lifted his hoof, and the dog slunk away, bruised and howling.
which details from the text support the claim that this passage is an allegory for the great purge? select two options.
□ snowball’s return to the farm as jones’s agent
□ the false confessions extracted from the four pigs
□ boxer’s ability to stop the dogs from hurting him
□ the slaughter of the pigs by the dogs at napoleon’s order
□ the dogs’ reaction to boxer’s defense against them

Explanation:

1. For "the false confessions extracted from the four pigs": In the Great Purge, false confessions were a key element, and the pigs being dragged (implying coercion for confessions) aligns with this.
2. For "the slaughter of the pigs by the dogs at Napoleon’s order": The Great Purge involved executions on Stalin's (Napoleon's allegorical counterpart) orders, and the dogs killing pigs on Napoleon's signal mirrors this.

Other options: Snowball's return isn't shown here; Boxer stopping dogs is a personal defense, not allegorical of the purge; the dogs' reaction to Boxer is a minor detail, not central to the purge allegory.

Answer:

B. the false confessions extracted from the four pigs
D. the slaughter of the pigs by the dogs at Napoleon’s order