I believe it is the third one.
Because Jane is head over heels for Mr. Bingley, but Mr. Bingley being fooled by his sister left so that he could find someone else to marry. When Jane received word of this she decided to visit her Aunt and Uncle in hopes of catching his attention while he was there.
The connotative meaning of the word fierce in the second paragraph?
A. powerful intensity
Explanation:
Te word fierce has many meanings depending on the context it is used in according to its base meaning. Thus connotative meaning is the concept in which the meaning of the word is taken into consideration in its wider concept and context inside the passage it is given in.
Here the word fierce is used to show the hard and uncompromising discrimination Jackie Robinson had to face as a player of color in the country during segregation thus it i means 'powerful intensity.'
I cannot answer this question as I have never read "The Crucible" before.