Before is the correct answer
A. While in this bedridden state, he wrote some of his most popular fiction, most notably Treasure Island (1883), Kidnapped (1886), Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), and The Black Arrow (1888).
They were both written by "Addison and Steele"
cuz its fun to collect candy i guess?
The answer B is correct. By google's definition, connotation is 'an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.'
A would not work because you can't depict someone's 'connotation'