B. connotations. when speaking of the flavour of a word, you are looking for a generaly feeling that the word evokes.
It is B It reveals that Mr.Bullfrog is surprised at who he has married.
"Yet every one of these disasters has actually happened somewhere, and many real communities have already suffered a substantial number of them. A grim specter has crept upon us almost unnoticed, and this imagined
tragedy may easily become a stark reality we all shall know."
I think it's "Do you read books."
I think the answer is A) The monster becomes bitter.