Study the timeline of russian history, and read the passage from chapter 1 of animal farm.

they were so delighted with the song that they sang it right through five times in succession, and might have continued singing it all night if they had not been interrupted.

unfortunately, the uproar awoke mr. jones, who sprang out of bed, making sure that there was a fox in the yard. he seized the gun which always stood in a corner of his bedroom, and let fly a charge of number 6 shot into the darkness. the pellets buried themselves in the wall of the barn and the meeting broke up hurriedly.

which historical event is this passage most reminiscent of?

a) bloody sunday
b) the bolshevik revolution
c) the rise of lenin
d) collectivization

The historical event that this passage most represents is The Rise of Lenin given the fact that the uproar made by the animals marks the beginning of a new era for the animals, which in history it makes allusion to the beginning of the Communist Party established under the principles of Communism that Lenin himself had founded as one of its fathers, and the principles of both Communism and Animalism are alike. Adittional information is that the song the animal sang was "Beasts of England," whose author was Old Major, the character whom Orwell represents as Lenin and Marx in this book, and it was Old Major who began Animalism to overthrow the dictatorship of man.

sam knew that staying up late on a weeknight would effect his exam performance the next day. however, he believed that his friends would be mad at him if he didn't join them. peer pressure and the thought of losing his friends scared sam. he planned to meet them for a couple of hours and then leave early to study for the exam.