Post Test: The Early and Mid-Nineteenth Century: Romanticism

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 Tetowl, 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 conductor."
D. "Briefly, then I avoid pine-trees, high houses, lonely barns, upland pastures, running water, blocks of cattle and sheep, a crowd of people."