Question

Read the excerpt from Hammurabi’s Code.

“If a man has knocked out the eye of a patrician [aristocrat], his eye shall be knocked out. . . If he has knocked out the eye of a plebeian [commoner] . . . he shall pay one mina of silver. If he has knocked out the eye of a patrician’s servant . . . he shall pay half his value.”

Based on this quote what can we conclude about Hammurabi's Code? 

(1 point)
Responses

Every person that broke the law faced the same punishment 
Every person that broke the law faced the same punishment 

There were no laws put in place, people could do as they chose 
There were no laws put in place, people could do as they chose 

The law was not always the same for every citizen, it changed for each individual 
The law was not always the same for every citizen, it changed for each individual 

The laws only affected the king 

Answer 1

The law was not always the same for every citizen, it changed for each individual.