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