Question

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

It is the safest thing you can do—Hark, again!—to get yourself thoroughly drenched in a thunder-storm.

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

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.

Briefly, then. I avoid pine-trees, high houses, lonely barns, upland pastures, running water, flocks of cattle and sheep, a crowd of men.

Answer 1

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

Step-by-step explanation:

tetzel is a reference.

Answer 2

The correct answer is Who has empowered you, you Tetzel, to peddle round your indulgences from divine ordinations?

That's because an allusion is when you reference something from reality or another piece of work and the reader needs to know that in order to understand the deeper meaning of the allusion. Here, you need to know who Tetzel was historically.