for question 2, A is a decent inference given the description of author's style. I eliminated B-D with these lines:

B- her fictive world remains strikingly akin to that real one reflected in the daily newspapers (not much of a romance novel)
C- ..some of it appears to come from her own direct observations... much more is clearly from the experiences of others (Sci-Fi is no one's experience)
D- ...has seemed at times determinedly old-fashioned (not a very likely talk show.)

I m with D and A

1) D
2) A.
As pointed out by one friend, pretty straight forward answers.

I chose A,A
but thanks for your comments
i got my first one wrong......

D & A

Pretty straightforward. I picked D and A.

Dead (D) or Alive (A) -- the movie and the answers in brackets

D
A

I also got D&A.

D & A

D and A (hers is a world of fractured love etc....)

1-D ,
2-A .

As explained by others already.
Tokk 4 minutes and 2 seconds to complete these 2 questions after reading the paragraph

Pretty Straightforward

(D)
(A)

I think the answer is D and A

1) Option D. The author has given info about the career of the write.

2) "Hers is a world of violence, insanity, fractured love, and hopeless loneliness" identifies that she would have probably opted for a love story with unhappy ending