For James Baldwing the answer is A. He was known for writing clearly and his prose has been called bold and courageous by many critics.
For Zora Neale Hurston the answer is D. One of her most well-known works is Seraph on the Suwanee, that is about poor white people trying to succeed in Florida
The number of words in the poem
I believe it is B-An essay in which each sentence and paragraph flows logically from one to the next