Question

read the passage from animal farm.
one sunday morning squealer announced that the hens, who had just come in to lay again, must surrender their eggs. napoleon had accepted, through whymper, a contract for four hundred eggs a week. the price of these would pay for enough grain and meal to keep the farm going till summer came on and conditions were easier.
when the hens heard this, they raised a terrible outcry. they had been warned earlier that this sacrifice might be necessary, but had not believed that it would really happen. they were just getting their clutches ready for the spring sitting, and they protested that to take the eggs away now was murder. for the first time since the expulsion of jones, there was something resembling a rebellion. led by three young black minorca pullets, the hens made a
which detail from the passage supports the claim that this is an allegory for the great purge?
○ the hens holding out for five days but capitulating
○ the eggs being delivered to the grocer
○ the protesting hens being intentionally starved
○ coccidiosis spreading on the farm

Explanation:

The Great Purge involved Stalin's regime suppressing dissent through harsh means. In the passage, the protesting hens being intentionally starved mirrors the suppression of dissent during the Great Purge—Napoleon (representing Stalin) uses starvation to quell the hens' rebellion, just as the Great Purge targeted those who opposed the regime. The other options (hens capitulating, eggs delivered, disease spreading) don't reflect the oppressive suppression of dissent characteristic of the Great Purge.

Answer:

the protesting hens being intentionally starved