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Based on the line “As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back,” what can a reader infer about the Law? (6.5F)


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The Law surrounds and binds members of the community.

The Law only applies to trees.

The Law grows like a plant and is unpredictable.

The Law grows like a plant and is unpredictable.

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The Law surrounds and binds members of the community.

Explanation: “Girdles the tree-trunk” implies wrapping tightly around and encircling the trunk, and “runneth forward and back” suggests it extends all around — a sense of pervasive control or constraint, not that it only applies to trees or is merely unpredictable growth.