THe first one is:
D) to suggest that the wife has arrived at a place of fear in her heart
Sick with a fear, is used to express that the fear was so big and so within that it was sicking her.
The second one is:
A) description of Jim's physical traits, personality, and environment
Modernism charaterises by giving a lot of details on the inner troubles and personality of its characters, developing them as humans, not only good or bad, but with more to them than that, searching for inner depth.
