I would say the author uses irony in this passage that remembering his mother makes him not happy but miserable which may be the opposite of what is expected but he would rather suffer this than be happy in forgetting her as this latter feeling would be expected to make him sad.
This act of 1689 allowed , Freedom of worship to Nonconformists in which they have pledged an oath of Allegiance and Supremacy and also rejected transubstantiation : F.Y.I ( For your Information ) Protestants who dissented from he church of England. Such s Baptists , Congregationalists but not Catholics.
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The friar tells her that if she takes what he gives her, she will fall in to a sleep that resembles death
The correct answer is A) Spelled out. Hope this helps.