The figurative language is an allusion since it gives a reference to a famous person
I believe the answer is: "Resistance to civil government (Civil Disobedience)"
The main idea of the civil disobedience is to advocate the people to not ever let the government overrule their conscience .
He pointed Mexican–American War as one of the example because he perceived the war as an act of injustice for the people of Mexico.
The sentence in which the underlined verb is used correctly in the subjunctive mood is the one that reads "if I were you, I would try out for the lead in the school play".
In the English language, the subjunctive mood is used to talk about conditional or imaginary situations. In this case, it has been used to explore a condition which is contrary to fact, that is, the person speaking is not the addressee. That is why the sentence reads "if i were you". It is a piece of advise.
The reader is introduced to the marlin because Santiago sees one of the projecting sticks dip in the water (B).
In <em>The Old Man and the Sea</em>, the main character becomes aware of the presence of the marlin when he realizes something is tugging at his hundred-fathom-deep fishing line. Because of the strength of the bite, the stick to which the line is attached is pulled into the water. Santiago immediately recognizes the fish as being a large marlin.
I would say A, and I think you mentioned Independence, but if you didn't then it is D