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This quiz relates to Assessment Objectives 1 and 3 (AO1 and AO3).

Animal Farm is a political allegory based on the Russian Revolution where the tyranny of  the farmer is challenged by Old Major, who represents . Old Major's tale of his dream of rebellion particularly inspires , the leader of the Rebellion, who fights heroically to secure the farm. Snowball, who represents  in the allegory, is exiled in a power grab by Napoleon. Napoleon proves interested only in power for its own sake and to benefit his inner circle of pigs, whose spokesperson is . Napoleon is based on Stalin, and his callousness is shown in his treatment of , who is particularly loyal and hard-working. Napoleon claims to admire , but his words cannot be trusted as he attempts to do business with Pilkington's rival , a particularly cruel farmer modelled upon Hitler. Some of the animals privately question Napoleon's decisions and his revisions to the original Seven Commandments. These include  the mare and Muriel the goat, who helps Clover to read the revisions to the commandments on the barn wall. Another character who is cynical about Napoleon's rule is , who nonetheless does not discuss his misgivings in detail. Clover is shown to have more insight than many of the other animals, as shown by her suspicions about , who breaks the rules of the farm by consorting with humans and eventually flees. Napoleon, by contrast, relies on imposing fear on the animals rather than judging their characters, which can be seen in his execution of the four pigs using the guard dogs birthed by Jessie,  and . Like Stalin, however, Napoleon's paranoia grows, and he relies on a food taster called  to ensure that his meals are not poisoned by any of the other animals. Napoleon also imitates Jones by using a spy called  to report on the activities among the animals and to spread propaganda about a paradise in the afterlife called Sugarcandy Mountain.