Answer:
1: D, 2: G, 3: B, 4: I
Explanation:
I think these are the best answers, based off of what I read.
A. early colonial days is the best answer (though this also means that it was before the Civil War - a long while before.)
A thesis statement offers a concise summary of the main point (or claim) of a text. So, the answer would be: a claim is also called a thesis statement.
Wuthering Heights is the place that symbolizes complete desolation and despair. It is clear through the words used to describe the moors (dreary, craggy) that it is not a pleasant place to be. The house also is described as cold, forbidding, and bone chilling. Thrushcross Grange on the other hand is described as calm and peaceful, not desolate at all.