B the narrator,the passage is written in third point of view
A. is most clearly omniscient as the narrator knows everything inside the minds of the characters.
The purpose that the historical anecdotes serve in these two literary pieces of art is that they serve as attention-grabbing hooks. They need to get you interested and involved in the story.
A. a specific detail on that topic
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C. method used to organize the paragraph
This question does not reveal what kind of essay this paragraph is suppose to fall under, however, paragraphs generally consists of these two answers.
My gut says to say A, but let me know if this is correct or not.
Hope this helps!