Generally, an job applicant is asked to provide how many references?

generally they ask for 3 references, hope this helps :) sorry if wrong

the answer is: apostrophe and allusion.

apostrophe refers to a poetic technique that is used to address an absent individual or an abstract idea/being. allusion on the other hand is a poetic technique that being done by making an indirect reference to other person with a high level of significance (could be historically or culturally significant)