3:01 AM Thu Jul 11

Select the correct answer.

Which of these sentences from Herman Melville's short story "The Lightning-Rod Man" is an example of allusion?

A. "It is the safest thing you can do—Hark, again!—to get yourself thoroughly drenched in a thunderstorm."

B. "Who has empowered you, you Tetzel, to peddle round your indulgences from divine ordinations?"

C. "Will you order one of my rods? Look at this specimen one? See: it is of the best of copper. Copper's the best."

D. "Briefly, then. I avoid pine trees, high houses, lonely barns, upland pastures, running water, flocks of cattle and..."