What really has my brain in a knot is: Does option “D: None of these” include or exclude option D?

This statement is false.

That’s why it should be “none of the above”. And if there’s a “all of the above”, it must come right before the “none of the above”.

Or address them:

Either* A, B, C;
Is only A supposed to be a pointer?
Asking the real questions.
They’re not above. One of them is to the left.
It’s clearly not the US version, so we should assume this is a translation error for the “none of these” instead of “none of the above” perhaps.