Question

analyzing allusion
they explained that by their studies of the past three
months the pigs had succeeded in reducing the principles
of animalism to seven commandments. these seven
commandments would now be inscribed on the wall;
they would form an unalterable law by which all the
animals on animal farm must live for ever after.

• animal farm,

george orwell
what does the name seven commandments suggest
about the new laws?
that they are based on commandments of the
constitution of the united states
that they are replacing the religious laws known as
the ten commandments
that they are the same as the commandments of
the communist manifesto by marx
that these commandments will be enforced with
punishment for those who break them

Explanation:

The term "Seven Commandments" is an allusion. In religious contexts, the "Ten Commandments" are well - known religious laws. By naming their new laws "Seven Commandments", it creates a parallel. The other options are incorrect. The U.S. Constitution is a different legal and political document (not a religious - like set of commandments in the context of the allusion here). The Communist Manifesto is a political and economic treatise, not a set of commandments in the religious - law sense. The idea of punishment is not directly related to the allusion of the name itself.

Answer:

that they are replacing the religious laws known as the Ten Commandments