Some of Dr. Seuss’s most famous characters had _______ meanings that would be lost on his young readers until adulthood; the title character in Yertle the Turtle, for instance, was based on Hitler, and the imperiled Who people in Horton Hears a Who represented the citizens of post-World War II Japan.

a. Banal

b. Manifest

c. Oblique

d. Nascent

e. Allusive

f. Lucid