The questions below refer to the selections "the masque of the red death” and “the black death” from “when plague strikes."

an allegory is a narrative story —
choose one answer.
a. with an unexpected turning point and climax in its plot
b. in which characters and settings stand for abstract ideas or moral qualities
c. told by a narrator who knows more about events than other characters know
d. that uses imaginary characters to tell about a historical event