Which best describes the connotation of “blotted” in the excerpt? It has a positive connotation, because it implies the women were able to erase the feelings of emptiness.
It has a positive connotation, because it implies the emptiness was able to be replaced with happiness.
It has a negative connotation, because it implies women were actually strengthening the feelings of emptiness.
It has a negative connotation, because it implies women were merely temporarily lessening the feelings of emptiness.

What is the speaker telling the grecian urn in these lines from “ode on a grecian urn”? he wishes the urn could talk so he could hear its stories. he knows the urn will still be around for others to see after he is dead. he fears that when he gets old, the urn will suffer because nobody else will take care of it. he wishes the people frozen on the urn could warm up and come to life.

In which of the following excerpts from "the yellow wall paper" does author charlotte perkins gilman seem to mock the romantic belief in the supernatural? a. a colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, i would say a haunted house, and reach the height of romantic felicity—but that would be asking too much of fate! b. there is a delicious garden! i never saw such a garden—large and shady, full of box-bordered paths, and lined with long grape-covered arbors with seats under them.c. the color is repellent, almost revolting; a smoldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight.d. then i peeled off all the paper i could reach standing on the floor. it sticks horribly and the pattern just enjoys it!

Wha is the best example of a storys historical context? a. the way the plot is eventually resolved b. the genre that the story belongs to c. the theme that the story explores d. the cultural beliefs of the characters