By the time of the American Revolution (1775–83), American writers had ventured beyond the Puritan literary style and its religious themes and had developed styles of writing that grew from distinctly American
I am new here and this is the first thing i'm doing on this site but to answer the question, i believe the excerpt is written from a first person point of view.
it means a feeling of intese irritation or annoyance. Described as anger.
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I would guess "C" I should listen closely when people talk to me