Mary Jackson prepared an assignment but John Becker was not ready to approve the result of the assignment which led to the disagreement between them.
It became evident later that John Becker had the wrong input data which made him the wrong party in the disagreement.
Settings in gothic works are usually marked by darkness, broodiness, death, usually being old decrepit castles or cemeteries.
Sensitivity to the sound structure of words
It’s the ability to recognize and work with sounds in a spoken language.
A is the answer. They use this to reason with one person.