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What is an allegory?

a deliberate and consistent use of objects in a text to represent ideas or qualities
a short tale that is intended to teach a lesson and in which animals speak and act like human beings
a literary work that uses humor to show the weaknesses of human nature or society
a story in which the entire work involves characters and actions that stand for abstract ideas or historic events

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The correct choice is the fourth one: "a story in which the entire work involves characters and actions that stand for abstract ideas or historic events."

(Briefly: allegory is an extended symbolic narrative — e.g., George Orwell's Animal Farm or Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.)