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I personally would say ancient castle in ruins...
My reason for this would be that the office building and the apartment in the city will be modern and won't have a Gothic feel to it...
The mansion in the countryside will be surrounded by green fields and well that scenario doesn't sound very dark and Gothic to me...
And well that castle in ruins will have a spooky side to it as it will be abandoned and especially at night will be a host to a whole range of spooky thoughts and ideas.
The answer could be c or d, because while they are still in the barn, Curley asks George where Lennie would go and he wants George to go with him in case he was lying about Lennie’s whereabouts
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An allusion is the correct answer.