No, I don't think it is a rhetorical device
I would say an action, If not Can we please have the answer choices?
Your closet is tidy. Propensity means to have an inclination or the tendency to do something in particular. If you have the propensity for organization, your closet would definitely be tidy.
Sounds like someone is being told about someone else, and they're being told this person is selfish and vain, and that they are putting in a lot of work into some kind of selfish gain. This a well-known person (long enduring name). This person did something wrong to Africa/African people. I'm not entirely sure in the last two lines.
It is considered a secondary resource, because while she was there, she may have been too young to recount all events truthfully, and may either leave out some key moments or accidently add things that shouldn't be in there
hope this helps