Symbolism and Allegory in Animal Farm

What period/event does the entire book of "Animal Farm" symbolize?

• Russian Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• World War 3

• Old McDonald's Farm

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Who does Snowball symbolize (in the Russian Revolution)?

• John Lennon

• Leon Trotsky

• Vladimir Lennin

• Joseph Stalin

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Who does Napolean symbolize?

• Tzar Nicholas II

• Bolshevick

• Joseph Stalin

• Karl Marx

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Who does Old Major Symbolize

• Karl Marx

• John Lenin

• Vladimir Lenin

• Joseph Stalin

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What group of people does Boxer symbolize?

• The wealthy bourgeois individuals in Russia

• Hardworking people of Soviet Russia

• The Russian Orthodox Church

• The British People

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What does the windmill symbolize?

• Construction project plans by communist leaders, after the Russian Revolution

• The flour used to make dumpling for the pigs

• The clock ticking on the farm

• I don't know

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