The right answer is A. When a progressive tense is used in the independent clause, the dependent clause will usually use the simple past tense. Hope this helps!
Option B is the correct answer.
I think it’s (a). I’m not 100% sure but keep it in mind.
Answer:
“They were conscious that they were not as other animals.”
“If they worked hard, at least they worked for themselves.”
“All animals were equal.”
Explanation:
You didn't include the entire question and the passage but I'm assuming this is the same one as that below:
None of the old dreams had been abandoned. The Republic of the Animals which Major had foretold, when the green fields of England should be untrodden by human feet, was still believed in. Some day it was coming: it might not be soon, it might not be with in the lifetime of any animal now living, but still it was coming.
. . . It might be that their lives were hard and that not all of their hopes had been fulfilled; but they were conscious that they were not as other animals. If they went hungry, it was not from feeding tyrannical human beings; if they worked hard, at least they worked for themselves. No creature among them went upon two legs. No creature called any other creature “Master.” All animals were equal.
–Animal Farm,
George Orwell
