My answer to this question would be A.
The actions of the men help develop the theme as:
D. by indicating how the men respond to the cloak differently, according to their personal investment in the item
Explanation:
The cloak is one of the most influential short stories ever written and it is partly because of its treatment of its theme that that was ever possible.
The cloak is used effectively as one of the first blanket terms in literature that are applied to many interpretations at many points of time depending on the person who is seeing it in a light and thus it becomes the precursor to the multiplicity of the narrative in favor of the simple narration that had been there prior to it.
