What are the choices given here? Anyway, if the question is whether the sentence "The couple looked closely at the exterior of the house, they noticed; the paint was in disrepair." uses correct punctuation, I shall answer that it does not.
It could possibly be: The couple looked closely at the exterior of the house; They noticed the paint was in disrepair.
Because there are tons of words.
According to the text, one reason that the novel was not immediately accepted by literate society was that early novels were seeking working-class readers. The presented statement is True. <span>It talks about the reasons why novel(s) are not immediately accepted by literate society.</span>
The answer is a free-verse poem.