The answer is that the Pope used the reductio ad absurdum or mock-epic genre to weave humor into the poem, The R ape of the Lock.
The mock-epic genre resembles the epic in that its central concerns are serious and often moral. Although it is the idea of its style,it deviates from the epic in the fact that the approach must now be satirical rather than earnest is symptomatic of how far the culture has fallen.
Not 100% sure but I think it is B and D
"On November 18, 1952, a slight tremor was felt by many at Quincy, a small town about 20 miles northwest of Tallahassee. Windows and doors rattled, but no serious effects were noted. One source notes, "The shock interfered with writing of a parking ticket." It didn't say in what way. "
It is A. To explain how people knew an earthquake had happened.
