The houses of Nicholas

Discrete Mathematics Level 1

In Germany, the problem to the right is known as "Das Haus vom Nikolaus." The left diagram is a "house" that can be drawn with a single stroke of a pen (never drawing the same segment twice). A possible solution is on its right.

Which of the diagrams below can be drawn with a single stroke of a pen?

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