In the opening sentences of the passage (“Now I know . . . color of my hair!”), the author refers to Alice Walker primarily to impress her audience with the breadth of her literary knowledge
impress her audience with the breadth of her literary knowledge
A

flaunt her access to privileged information about the planning of the commencement ceremony
flaunt her access to privileged information about the planning of the commencement ceremony
B

congratulate her audience for inviting her instead of a lesser-known speaker
congratulate her audience for inviting her instead of a lesser-known speaker
C

acknowledge the potentially embarrassing circumstances under which she is delivering her speech
acknowledge the potentially embarrassing circumstances under which she is delivering her speech
D

suggest that she pays more attention to her personal appearance than do other celebrities

I think the D one is correct. If I am wrong I am very sorry

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen