B) Upon inspection, the drawer exhibited a great array of the shells of various sorts of nuts. Indeed, to this quick-witted youth, the whole noble science of the law was contained in a nutshell.
Explanation:
This is the best example of verbal irony in the passage. Verbal irony occurs when a character uses words that express something that is contrary to truth or that is the opposite of what they truly mean. In this sentence, the speaker calls the boy "quick-witted," which implies that he is intelligent. However, we know that the boy is not intelligent, as he takes no interest in law and spends his day eating nuts.
