<span>All this combined can be added to the time it takes
to paint a painting. So the answer to “How long does it takes to paint a
painting?” could be 2 hours, a day, a week, plus 25 years; 25 years of experience.</span>
He's certainly not saying anything that even resembles D. He is talking about something created that was not there before. He is talking about a work produced by the agony of the human spirit to create something that was not there before using the tools available to him. It says nothing about being deserving.
A is a specific group to be addressed. I wouldn't pick it. He says nothing about fellow writers, although they undoubtedly benefit from what he says.
C is too specific. He is not really talking about genius. He would have to classify himself that way, and he doesn't.
That only leaves B. I hate multiple guess because the correct answer is embedded in the mind of whoever asked you the question. I don't like B but of the 4 choices it is the only one you could pick. Be very prepared to be told it is the wrong choice.
The passage shows to the readers that there are multiple conclutions to the lack of money and jobs in the community
This excerpt from the "los Angeles Sunday Times" (June 1899) might reflect <span>society’s discomfort with women’s emerging independence in 1899 (option A). It is suggested that the author of the book (Kate Chopin) wrote an "</span>unhealthy introspective and morbid in feeling as that sort of woman must inevitably be".
