The Scarlet Letter

(Question 31) In context, the phrase "of no moderate depth or scope" (lines 17-18) is an example of

(A) litotes (B) hyperbole (C) synedoche (D) allusion (E) metaphor

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(A) litotes

Nice. That's what I got! Is it because the phrase is an ironic understatement?