Answer: D) "Her bulk dwarfed the ships near her as longshoremen singled up her mooring lines and cast off the turns of heavy rope from the dock bollards."
Explanation:
The exposition of a story refers to the first part of it where the story is introduced along with the characters and other details that serve to set up things like the mood, time and setting of the story.
In the case of the RMS Titanic, this would be the part that speaks about the setting off of the ship as well as a description of the Titanic itself. This is what is provided in option D by describing the size of the Titanic as well as her departure.
The main theme of the story 'The Fisherman and His Wife' is that people must not be greedy and should happy of what they have. Otherwise, everything can be lost due to their excessive greed.
