Question

An inference the reader can make from the line By the pale dull pallor of an old gas light is that the musician. (in The Weary Blues)
a. does not have much musical talent.
b. is performing at a fancy nightclub.
c. is too thrifty to use electricity.
d. is playing in a poor part of Harlem.

Answer 1

An inference the reader can make from the line By the pale dull pallor of an old gas light is that the musician is playing in a poor part of Harlem.
He has musical talent.
He isn't performing at a fancy nightclub if there is an old gas light.
C is just stupid.