The most influential thinkers of medieval Scholasticism
I would say b or d, since pathos is usually related to emotional content.
The example of anecdote is:
As a young child, I remember loving the taste of popcorn when I went to the movie theater.
The anecdote is the oral stories which are of importance to the subject at hand. They add personal knowledge and experience to the subject. The above sentence tells about the story of popcorn that the speaker had. The story is a personal experience of the speaker. While the other sentences also contain some information about popcorn but they are facts and not personal experiences.
A because there is a name with a apostrophe s in front of it meaning that there is ownership.
well it says here in the exerpt that they bursted out in to laughter showing they thought that was a joke.