Question

select the allusion in the passage.
picard: there was no way to save him.
lily: you didnt even try. where was your evolved sensibility then?
picard: i dont have time for this.
lily: oh! hey! im sorry. i didnt mean to interrupt your little quest. captain ahab has to go hunt his whale.
picard: what?
lily: you do have books in the twenty - fourth century?
picard: this is not about revenge.
lily: liar!
picard: this is about saving the future of humanity.
from star trek: first contact. copyright 1996 by paramount pictures

Explanation:

An allusion is a reference to a well - known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. In this passage, "Captain Ahab has to go hunt his whale" is an allusion. Captain Ahab is a character from Herman Melville's Moby - Dick. In Moby - Dick, Captain Ahab is obsessed with hunting the white whale, Moby Dick. Here, Lily is using this reference (allusion) to imply that Picard is on a single - minded and perhaps obsessive quest (comparing his quest to Ahab's hunt for the whale).

Answer:

"Captain Ahab has to go hunt his whale."