Max is smiling and nodding his head as he listens to a toast at a friend's wedding. according to your textbook, max is engaged in listening.

Appreciative listening

Explanation:

Appreciative listening is that way of listening to something or information which involves active participation of an individual where the person searches   some certain auditory part or information that this person appreciates or likes personally. Appreciative listening can also be practiced if it leads to the fulfillment of a goal.

It involves the listening behavior of listening to the wants and needs of a person that is appreciated by that person. For example: listening to poetry that the person enjoys, people he/she likes to listen to because of the different choices  of the listeners depending on different choices of different individuals.

the correct answer is the first option "the bolkshevik revolution". the passage makes reference to many of important events that occured in the revolution, such as the assemblies, in this case the animals are gathered in an assembly after a protest, the murder of fellow partners, the speeches given by the leader of the revolution, among other aspects. the last choice is possible, but in this passage in particular it is not emphasized the fight between the characters, that is the two pigs, that represent lenin and stallin.