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.

Awith an unexpected turning point and climax in its plot

Bin which characters and settings stand for abstract ideas or moral qualities

Ctold by a narrator who knows more about events than other characters know

Dthat uses imaginary characters to tell about a historical event